Water Availability and Use
Water Availability and Use
In Kansas, there are two primary sources of water: surface waters (rivers, streams, reservoirs, and lakes), and groundwater aquifers. Both sources provide for a variety of uses, including residential, business, industry, agriculture, energy production, and recreation. The USGS Kansas Water Science Center collects basic hydrological data and conducts studies to understand how much water is currentl
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Surface Water and Groundwater Availability and Quality in the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PBPN) in Jackson County, Kansas lies within the Big Soldier and Little Soldier Creek basins. The PBPN needs surface and groundwater quality and quantity data for water management purposes and for developing and implementing a water quality program to protect the water of the reservation for the benefit of current and future generations. In January 2020, The U.S...
Real-Time Streamflow Data
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1879, to provide a permanent Federal agency to perform the systematic and scientific "classification of the public lands, and examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." Surface-water activities of the USGS in Kansas are part of the Survey’s Water Mission Area’s...