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ABOUT GMD2

Our mission is to manage, protect, and conserve groundwater resources to ensure their long-term sustainability for agricultural, municipal, industrial, and environmental needs. We promote responsible water use, support data-driven decision-making, and engage with stakeholders to maintain a reliable and resilient groundwater supply.

The Equus Beds aquifer is the principal source of fresh and usable water in south central Kansas. The aquifer underlies portions of a four-county area, which is about 1,100,776.5 acres in size.

 

The Equus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 was formed in 1975 to manage groundwater supplies within Harvey, McPherson, Reno and Sedgwick counties. The Equus Beds aquifer is managed on two fundamental management principles: 1) Aquifer Safe-yield Principle which limits groundwater withdraws to annual groundwater recharge; and 2) Groundwater Quality Principle which seeks to maintain by protection and remediation the naturally occurring water quality of the aquifer.

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This Management Program is a comprehensive aquifer management plan that was developed, adopted and implemented by the Board of Directors of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 to carry out these two management principles.

 

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 and its Board of Directors is to properly manage groundwater resources of the District for the benefit of the resource and the public interest. The Aquifer Safe-yield Principle and the Groundwater Quality Principle are fundamental to such management.

 

GOALS

It is the goal of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 to manage the groundwater supplies within its boundaries by balancing groundwater withdrawals with annual recharge to the aquifer to prevent groundwater mining and protect the natural water quality of the aquifer and remediate groundwater contamination.

 

ACTIONS

The District will carry out its goal in the following ways:

  •  manage the Equus Beds aquifer on a "safe yield" principle;

  • educate and inform the public on groundwater issues;

  • monitor both quality and quantity of water in the aquifer;

  • investigate or study the physical and hydrologic characteristics of the aquifer;

  • investigate alternative sources of water;

  • encourage reclamation or recycling of waste water;

  • investigate ways to improve recharge and prevent its deterioration;

  • support legislative changes which enhance good groundwater management practices; and

  • cooperate with appropriate local, state and federal agencies and organizations.

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