BIG BEND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT #5

Kansas Water Congress

July 31, 2014

District Update

Multi-Year Flex Account

Hays – R9 Ranch

Index Well installed

Multi-Year Flex Account K.S.A. 82a-736 (c)(1)(D)(iii)

Allows for an alternative calculation method proposed by GMDs

April 2013GMD5 proposed an alternative calculation method

March 2014GMD5 met with KDA staff to discuss the proposal

April 2014GMD5 revised and submitted the proposal450% appropriation with end gun removal (pilot)

July 2014GMD5 received approval to proceed with drafting of

regulation to implement the proposal

Hays – R9 Ranch

Hays and Russell purchased Circle K (R9) ranch in 1994

R9 Ranch is currently authorized 7,727 AF for irrigation of 5,366 acres

Hays has proposed to convert the 7,727 AF to municipal use and transport it via pipeline 75 miles to the North

Will be the first use of the Water Transfer Act (K.S.A 82a-1501 et seq)

Guest Speakers

Index Well GMD5 has partnered with the Kansas

Geological Survey to install instrumentation into an existing observation well in Edwards County

On July 25, the pressure transducer and telemetry system were installed 3 miles North of Belpre

The data will be available soon on KGS and GMD5 websites