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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Equus Beds Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project
The water supply for the city of Wichita, south-central Kansas, currently comes from the Equus Beds aquifer and Cheney Reservoir. Because these sources are not expected to meet projected city water needs into the 21st century (Warren and others, 1995), artificial recharge of the Equus Beds aquifer was investigated as one alternative to meet future water-supply demands. An additional potential...
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...
Urban Water Quality Monitoring in Johnson County Kansas
Johnson County, a suburban part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, is one of the most populated counties in Kansas with 544,000 people in 2010, a 21 percent increase in population since 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Located in northeastern Kansas, about one-half of the county is urban. Urban, industrial, and agricultural land uses affect the quality of streams and lakes in the...
Sediment Monitoring in the Neosho and Cottonwood River Basins
The USGS Kansas Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Kansas Water Office, maintains a sediment monitoring network on the Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers both up- and downstream from John Redmond Reservoir. The purpose of this network is to assess the sediment loads and trapping efficiency of John Redmond Reservoir, and provide data to state agencies to determine the effect of streambank...
Water Supply and Use
Kansas Water Use information is critical for water supply planning, regulation, and scientific studies that further our understanding of water resources.