Kansas Statutes 82a-1332. Same; negotiation by Kansas water office for water assurance storage in federal reservoirs
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-1332
- Assurance storage: means that part of the conservation storage water supply capacity of any reservoir devoted to the storage water for the water assurance program;
(b) "assurance water" means water stored in assurance storage of a reservoir under a water reservation right and provided as supplemental water to eligible water right holders;
(c) "water assurance district" means an organization of eligible water right holders;
(d) "assurance reservoir" means any reservoir containing assurance storage;
(e) "eligible water right holder" means any entity holding a water right or permit, pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1331
- Authority: means the Kansas water authority. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1301
- Chief engineer: means the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1301
The Kansas water office, with advice from basin advisory committees, eligible water right holders and the chief engineer and with approval of the Kansas water authority, may negotiate and enter into contracts for assurance storage from federal reservoirs to be used for water assurance.