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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />1342 <br /> <br />- -- - --'--' -_.--- _.~---_.--.........-....- ,- <br /> <br />-- Hutchinson News <br /> <br />rriday.June9,19tl9 <br /> <br />Pal':e 5, <br /> <br />Hays city officials <br />fear wells luay go dry <br /> <br />lIA YS - Half of Hays' .....al{'r <br />w~lls on the Smoky Hill Hiver <br />south of lllwn could go dry in 30 to <br />60 days. <br />,"WE' could lose hair of our water <br />supply," City Manager Ken Carll'r <br />!laid,Wf.'dnl'sday. <br />Tht'cjlystill would havt'illOwl'Il!l <br />al(J.ng Hil{ Crt,t'k, ('apable of pro.luc. <br />inJ{ a million galllon!! of WaIN a <br />day, Carter said. <br />The loss of thl' Smoky Walf'f. <br />howt'vpr, would makt> it "vl'r)' dose <br />to impo.'lsibJe" to meet slrilll{l'nt <br />n{'{'ds, acrordinK to L('s Lampe, <br />with Black & Veatch Engineers. <br />Architects. <br />BJark &: Vf'atch de]iw.r('d tht' <br />)("rim news todty staff Wt'dnl'srlay. <br />On Weunf'!'iday - on(' of thl:" <br />city's non.watering days undpe its <br />restrirth'c wall'r use Jaws - lotal <br />Use was nearly 1.5 million gallllns. <br />Tht're watt only one day in May <br />whl'n usage wu bdow 1 million <br />Kallon!!. <br />Black & Vraleh starr arrived at <br />thl' prrdicti(jfl aftl'r analyzing data <br />suppli!"d by the city. Th{' se!"nario is <br /> <br />,+-~.~-. <br /> <br />bas{'d on current watt'r USi' 11'vds <br />remaininR: stable. with no recharge <br />to the Smokv. <br />Retent rains have hriR"htenC'd <br />lIays lawns. hut ha\'e faill'd to soak <br />through the rivl'rbf'd to rl'rhargl' <br />the a1luifer, Carler said. For that, <br />thl'are:t ni'f'dsa Kullywasher - thl' <br />kind of rain that dumps fi\'i' inch,,!! <br />inanhour. <br /> <br />If eurrent eanditions continuf', <br />Lampl' t...ld ,,'.mmi.ssiont'rs, "You <br />physic;.:ly ('ould not pull wah'r <br />from thl' Smoky wl'lI field:' <br />"w{' l'ould be at a point where <br />anywhere from six to l'ight wdls <br />could I'll' surking air:' Cartrr said <br />aftt'r thr merting. The eity has 16 <br />wells on thrSmukv. <br />Stpps ar!" bei~g taki'n to tap <br />emN!tl'ncy wat('r SOUrl'('tt. <br /> <br />lIays is seeking- hids on drillinl{ <br />two wells within <'ity limits. <br />TU1'sday is thf' d{'adline for sub- <br />mittinK hids, howr\lt'r. and as (If <br />Thursda)' morning, no onl' h:ul con- <br />tartI'd City Hall for the job sJlcdf. <br />kalions. <br /> <br />Farm/Markets <br /> <br />THE WICHITA EAGlE.8EACON Thursday. Junt' 8,1989 <br /> <br />DepIction incrcased <br />. , I <br />1Il slate s gr'olllH walcr' <br /> <br />Groundwaler tabl<'S In we:c:tem and soulh c!'nlral <br />Kansas decUned an average of 19 times fa...1er lasl year <br />than Uley did In 1987, according to infonnation reo- <br />)ea<;ed Wednesday by Ule Stale Board of AgrIculture. <br /> <br />I j WaleT "bl", In <br />F ann those part<: of Ule <br />state droppt'd an <br />0' Report ",era"" 01 I., <br />feet last year, <br />. . compared with <br />0.1 feet the year before. <br />The Vo'sler measurements were madt" In about 1.460 <br />wells during January and February. The <;Judy wa.c; <br />done by the Board of AgrIculture's dlvis.lon of .....ater <br />resources.. the Us. Geological Survey and the Kan."iaS <br />Geological SUrvey. <br />Tom McClaJn. hYdrologist for the Kan.,,1S Gt'(lloglcal <br />Survey, sald the decline could be attributed 10 lhe <br />droughl He said the Lack of rainfall means the under. <br />ground reservoirs are nol being replenl<;hed. <br />At the same time, 1rr1~tors pump more water out <br />during dry periods than when rainfall is normal. The <br />areas of greatest decline generally correspond with the <br />areas of greatest IrrigaUon. be said. <br />On the average, water level<; In \Ir'eslem and south <br />central KanslS have de<-lln<<l nbout 0.7 It'el a year <br />durin,g the pa'lt five }'e:ll"'S. compar<<l with O.K tN'1 a <br />)l':Jr ":;;:j~~ U:e r'fl'..'j,'....<: !;'('-:,f"r i' '".F'J. <br />