Kansas Administrative Code

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 23.—Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3 5-23-9. Revoked. (Authorized by K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 82a-1028(o); implementing K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 82a-1028(n); effective M…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-1. Definitions. As used in these regulations for the northwest Kansas groundwater management district no. 4, the …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-10. Exemptions for up to 15 acre-feet of groundwater. (a) In any area of the district that is subject to safe yie…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-11. Investigation and enforcement. The procedure set forth in this regulation shall be followed whenever enforcem…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-2. Allowable withdrawals. (a) Except as specified in subsection (b) the district shall be closed to any new appro…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-3. Well spacing. (a) Except as specified in subsection (b), the spacing between each proposed well and all other …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-4. Tailwater control and waste. No person shall commit or allow a waste of water as defined in K.A.R. 5-1-1. Runo…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-5. Allowable appropriation—reasonable use. (a) The maximum reasonable annual quantity of water for irri…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-6. Changes in points of diversion. (a) Each replacement well shall meet all of the criteria in either of the foll…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-7. Well construction criteria. (a) Each nondomestic well that is not subject to regulation under the Kansas chemi…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-8. Resource development plans. (a) A resource development plan may be required by the district to be submitted fo…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 24.—Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 5-24-9. Water flowmeters. (a) Each of the following types of wells shall be equipped with a water flowmeter meeting th…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-1. Definitions. As used in these regulations for the Big Bend groundwater management district no. 5, unless the context c…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-10. Test holes and water quality analyses. (a) Except for those types of applications described in K.A.R. 5-25-4(b), each…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-11. Determination of well locations. If a question arises as to where a well is located, the burden of proof shall remain…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-12. Approval of application for additional rate only. Each application for a permit to appropriate water for beneficial u…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-13. Term permits. The approval of an application, or an extension of a term permit, for more than one year may be granted…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-14. Battery of wells. (a) An application for a change in point of diversion to convert one well to a battery of wells, as…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-15. Exemptions for up to 15 acre-feet of groundwater. Except as specified in subsections (b) and (c), an application to a…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-16. Water quality analyses and observation wells in the Rattlesnake creek subbasin. Groundwater rights that have points o…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-17. Voluntary reductions of water rights in the Rattlesnake creek subbasin. Each water right owner in the Rattlesnake cre…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-18. Changes of well locations within the Rattlesnake creek basin. (a) Each application to change the location of a well w…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-19. Saturated thickness map. (a) The following electronic data files, all dated July 10, 2002 and prepared by the distric…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-2. Well spacing. (a) With the exception of those wells described in subsection (b), the minimum spacing of all wells desc…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-20. Recommendations by the board. (a) The following types of applications shall be submitted by the chief engineer to the…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-21. Alternative method for calculating the amount of water deposited in a multiyear flex account. Each water right owner …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-22. Movement of water rights affecting streamflow at Rattlesnake creek. (a) To improve streamflow at the zenith gage on R…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-2a. Change in point of diversion. (a) The location of a well requested in an application to change a point of diversion s…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-3. Reasonable appropriation. (a) An application for a permit to appropriate water for irrigation use shall not be recomme…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-4. Sustainable yield. (a) Except as specified in subsections (b) and (c), the entire district shall be closed to further …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-5. Water flowmeter requirements. Each non-domestic well, except any well authorized by a temporary permit, shall be equip…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-6. Reporting water use. Each water right owner shall report to the board the readings of water meters, gauges and other m…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-7. Water quality tests. Each water right owner shall take water samples from the owner's wells and have water quality ana…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-8. Waste of water. A person shall not commit or allow a waste of water as defined in K.A.R. 5-1-1. (Authorized by K.S.A. …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 25.—Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 5-25-9. Procedures for non-compliance with rules and regulations. (a) The district's board or manager, any eligible voter or a…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-1. Application acceptable for filing. (a) To be acceptable for filing, an application for an approval of application shall be accompanied by the stat…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-10. Availability of water for appropriation—safe yield. (a) Except as set forth in subsection (b) and K.A.R. 5-3-16 and K.A.R. 5-3-17, the …

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-11. Availability of water for appropriation—safe yield; unconfined groundwater aquifers. (a) Each application to appropriate groundwater fr…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-12. Revoked. (Authorized by K.S.A. 82a-701(g), 82a-706a; effective May 1, 1980; revoked May 1, 1987.)

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-13. Dewatering of construction sites. The chief engineer shall limit the time in which water may be withdrawn for dewatering purposes. Any water righ…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-14. Availability of water for appropriation—safe yield; confined groundwater aquifers. (a) Each application to appropriate water from a con…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-15. Availability of water for appropriation—safe yield; surface water. (a) Each application filed to directly divert the natural flow of th…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-16. Safe yield; exemptions for up to 15 acre-feet of groundwater. (a) Each application to appropriate groundwater in any area of the state shall be e…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-16a. Closed areas; exemptions for up to five acre-feet of groundwater. In any area of the state that is outside a groundwater management district and…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-17. Safe yield; miscellaneous exemptions. In any area of the state which is subject to safe yield criteria, and outside a groundwater management dist…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-18. Applicant's opportunity to submit additional information. (a) If at any stage of processing an application, it is determined by the chief enginee…

Kansas Administrative Regulations Kansas Department of Agriculture—Division of Water Resources Article 3.—Appropriation Rights 5-3-19. Maximum reasonable annual quantity of water for irrigation use. (a) For applications filed before the effective date of this regulation, the maxi…