Where You Live

Kansas (Region 7)

Contacts for Kansas

Contact Category:
Source Water Protection Program
Sole Source Aquifer Program

Source Water Protection Program

• Sheryl Ervin
  Kansas Department of Health and the Environment, Watershed Management Section, Bureau of Water
  1000 SW Jackson St, Suite 420
  Topeka, Kansas 66612-1367
  Phone: 785-296-5535  
  Email: servin@kdhe.dtate.ks.us
  

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Links for Kansas

• Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Kansas Source Water Assessment Program

   State Drinking Water Protection Web Sites

• Kansas: State and Local Drinking Water Information - Provides information about state drinking water offices, local drinking water suppliers, and trends among drinking water systems.

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Publications for Kansas

Northwest Kansas Groundwater Regulations District No.4 ( PDF 7 pp , 15 K ) Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No.1 ( PDF 14 pp , 32 K )

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Case Studies for Kansas

Title: Oregon: Southern Willamette Valley, Lane County

Subtitle: Comprehensive Planning Confronts Development Threat to Oregon Source Water

Case Study Type: Protection

Description: The Southern Willamette Valley, OR's water supply is threatened by rapid development. To mitigate the effects of development, the Regional Technical Advisory Committee (RTAC) and the Regional Policy Advisory Board (RPAB) jointly devised three possible growth scenarios for review and eventual use in planning. Informed by GIS and baseline data analysis of source waters, each scenario weighs water quality impacts and protection goals with the interests of economic development, housing, transportation, and community services. After evaluating these scenarios, RTAC and RPAB will solicit public comments and identify a Preferred Growth Scenario that best meets community needs and minimizes threats. This in turn will inform a Regional Growth Management strategy that, through preventative measures, would direct local development to have the lowest impact on water quality.