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Mark Your Calendars!!!
County Meetings to discuss LEMAs are now scheduled:
Lane County June 10 9:00 a.m. CDST Dighton 4-H Bldg
Wichita County June 11 9:00 a.m. CDST Leoti Community Bldg Fairgrounds
Scott County June 12 9:00 a.m. CDST Scott City Wm Carpenter 4-H Bldg
Wallace/Greeley Counties
June 13 1:00 p.m. MDST Sharon Springs Community Activity
Building Wallace County Fairgrounds
Wells in GMD #1 must have
flowmeters instead of hour meters by
January
1, 2014 or first use of water in
2014
During their regular March 19, 2013
Board Meeting, GMD #1 Board of Directors voted to amend K.A.R.
5-21-6 Water-measuring devices and require flowmeters on all points of diversion (wells) in the District.
Hour meters will no longer be allowed in lieu of flowmeters.
The flowmeters will need to be in place by January 1, 2014 or
before the first use of water in 2014.
THE FOLLOWING WATER
FLOWMETER LIST IS FOR ALL TYPES OF USES NOT JUST FOR IRRIGATION
WELLS:
KS Division of Water Resources Approved list of water flowmeters as per K.A.R. 5-1-4 to K.A.R. 5-1-12
Flowmeter Rules and Regulations (K.A.R. 5-1-4 to K.A.R. 5-1-12)
Meter
Installation Information Sheet
Meter Repair/Replacement Form
Check out the 2013 Annual
Meeting Presentations
Tracy Streeter, Kansas Water
Office Director
Brownie Wilson, Kansas Geological Survey
Mike
Meyer, Garden City Field Office Water Commissioner
District Activities
District Updates
View the Live Connection to KGS Index Wells: Click Here (Large File)
Read this Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions on Crop Insurance & Drought-Damaged Crops
Multi-Year Flex Account Permits (MYFA)
Click on this link for the MYFA NEWS RELEASE
MYFA FORM
It is HIGHLY recommended that you have either this office or the DWR help you fill out this application. Please call for an
appointment: (620) 872-5563
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Check your Flow Meters
If your flow meters have to be repaired or replaced, you must
fill out a "Repair / Replacement Form" within 30 days of the
flow meter being repaired or replaced. (Download the
Meter Repair
Form.)
Send the form either to:
Western Kansas GMD1
P.O. Box 604
Scott City, KS 67871
OR
Division of Water Resources
109 SW 9th St., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612-1283
Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No.1
P.O. Box 604
906 West 5th
Scott City, Kansas 67871
Line 1: (620) 872-5563
Line 2: (620) 872-7375
Fax: (620) 872-7315
Jan King, District Manager
Ashley Vondracek, Admin Assistant
Kyle Spencer, Chief Pilot
Walter Geiger, Meteorologist
hailman@pld.com
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Greg Graff, President
Wichita County Representative
Danny Welsh, Vice-President
Wallace County Representative
Robert Hoeme Jr.,
Secretary-Treasurer
Scott County Representative
Alan James, Member
Lane County Representative
Arla Peter, Member
Greeley County Representative