central kansas water bank p o box 7 - stafford, kansas, tele:620-234-5352 email: gmd5@earthlink.net

CENTRAL KANSAS WATER BANK

P O Box 7 - Stafford, Kansas, Tele:620-234-5352

email: gmd5@earthlink.net

1997 Kansas Water Plan stated goal for Water Banking in Kansas

“Efficiently allocate water resources to achieve economic growth while protecting the public interest in such resources through encouraged conservation and management of existing water rights”.

OBJECTIVES

• Add flexibility in closed areas

• Reduce water use in over appropriated areas

• Reduce impact of pumping on to streams

KANSAS WATER BANKING ACT

Signed by the governor in May 2001

Defines a water bank as a not-for-profit corporation that (1) Leases water from water rights that has been deposited in the bank and (2) provides for safe deposit accounts.

CENTRAL KANSAS WATER BANK

• Working through GMD5 to start initial bank.• Steering committee established to draft charter.• Developed first draft and submitted to chief

engineer in May 2002.• Received first review comments from chief

engineer in September 2002.• Second draft submitted to chief engineer April 03.• Third draft submitted August 03

Charter

Outlines the location, boundaries, and organizational rules.

Defines • conservation programs, • bankable water rights, • hydrologic units and associated guidelines.• Sets forth procedures for the deposit and leases

and the safe deposit account programs.

PROGRAMS

• DEPOSITS AND LEASES

DEPOSITS

• Water right must be determined bankable.

• Water right must be in good standing, and be certified.

• Amount of a water right that is bankable will be 85% of an individual’s average water use for the period 1987 through 1996.

Bulletin Board Postings

NAME DATE AC/FT COST/AF

Posting 1 1/14/04 100 25.00

Posting 2 2/18/04 75 50.00

Posting 3 3/12/04 150 30.00

Posting 4 3/18/04 25 15.00

Posting 5 3/20/04 35 10.00

Posting 6 3/21/04 15 50.00

Posting 7 3/24/04 125 45.00

Posting 8 3/25/04 80 35.00

Posting 9 5/30/04 85 15.00

Leases

Any water leased must be used within the bank boundary and in the same hydrologic unit from which the water right authorizing diversion of the water is deposited.

K.S.A. 82a-763(b)(1)

Conservation Component

• All leases will be subject to the conservation program.

• A minimum 10% conservation component must be achieved.

• Net consumptive use must not be increased.

Point System

System developed to determine conservation elements – based upon:

1. Number of wells within two mile area

2. Water level changes since predevelopment

3. Amount of saturated thickness

[a] Saturated thickness [b] Sustainable yield [c] Change in water level

from to points from to points from to points200+ 10.00 0 500 10.00 2.5+ 10.00

183 199 9.00 501 1,000 9.75 -0.01 2.50 9.75166 182 8.00 1,001 1,500 9.50 -0.02 -2.52 9.50149 165 7.00 1,501 2,250 9.00 -2.53 -5.03 9.00132 148 6.00 2,251 3,000 7.00 -5.04 -7.53 6.00117 131 5.00 3,001 3,750 5.00 -7.54 -10.04 5.00100 116 4.00 3,751 4,500 4.00 -10.05 -12.55 4.0082 99 3.00 4,501 5,250 3.00 -12.56 -15.06 3.0065 81 2.00 5,251 6,000 2.00 -15.07 -17.57 2.0041 64 1.00 6,001 10,000 1.00 -17.58 -20.00 1.00

Add points for each category anddivide by 4 to determine amount Table C: Conservation

of conservation component Conservation component

based on Avg. Points

from to Percent10.00 9.01 10.00%9.00 8.01 11.00%8.00 7.01 12.00%7.00 6.01 13.00%6.00 5.01 14.00%5.00 4.01 15.00%4.00 3.01 16.00%3.00 2.01 17.00%2.00 1.01 18.00%1.00 0.00 20.00%

Lease Example

• Water user wants to lease 150 AF

• After applying conservation component of 20% – he must buy 187.5

Water User Purchases

• 35 AF from Posting #5 = $ 350.00

• 25 AF from Posting #4 = $ 375.00

• 85 AF from Posting #9 = $1,275.00

• 42.5 AF from Posting #1 = $1,062.50

• Total of 187.5 AF for $3,062.50

PROGRAMS

• DEPOSITS AND LEASES

• SAFE DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS

SAFE DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS

• Carry over a certain percent of unused water from one year to the next

• Requires water users to monitor water use and report more accurately

• Promotes conservation (incentive to save water)

WATER RIGHT # 00000 SAFE DEPOSIT BOX EXAMPLE for WATER BANK195 Acre Feet CertifiedBased on Trigger Value equal to 85 % of the authorized amount, per Rattlesnake Creek Management Plan

( 10.67 AF of water on a 128 acre center pivot equals 1 inch on the circle)

YEAR AUTH AVAILABLE Trigger Value WATER Trigger Value DEPOSIT ANNUAL YEAR ENDbased on USE for minus 25% Used from CONS ACCOUNT

85 % of Auth SEASON Water Use* Carryover AF Safe Deposit 10% BALANCE In Account Account, AF (Leak)

2002 195.00 195.00 165.75 178.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.002003 195.00 195.00 165.75 133.00 32.75 8.19 0.00 0.00 0.82 7.372004 195.00 195.00 165.75 112.00 53.75 13.44 7.37 0.00 2.08 18.732005 195.00 195.00 165.75 158.00 7.75 1.94 18.73 0.00 2.07 18.602006 195.00 195.00 165.75 136.00 29.75 7.44 18.60 0.00 2.60 23.432007 195.00 195.00 165.75 209.00 0.00 0.00 23.43 14.00 0.94 8.492008 195.00 195.00 165.75 180.00 0.00 0.00 8.49 0.00 0.85 7.642009 195.00 195.00 165.75 162.00 3.75 0.94 7.64 0.00 0.86 7.722010 195.00 195.00 165.75 197.00 0.00 0.00 7.72 2.00 0.57 5.152011 195.00 195.00 165.75 135.00 30.75 7.69 5.15 0.00 1.28 11.552012 195.00 195.00 165.75 158.00 7.75 1.94 11.55 0.00 1.35 12.142013 195.00 195.00 165.75 197.00 0.00 0.00 12.14 2.00 1.01 9.132014 195.00 195.00 165.75 85.00 80.75 20.19 9.13 0.00 2.93 26.382015 195.00 195.00 165.75 141.00 24.75 6.19 26.38 0.00 3.26 29.312016 195.00 195.00 165.75 214.00 0.00 0.00 29.31 19.00 1.03 9.28

Average Water Use For Years Covered = 159.67

*NOTE: If water use for the season exceeds the "trigger value", no water is available for deposit into the deposit box.

Accounting

• Water use tracking system of all deposits and leases will be developed to assure accountability of conservation efforts.

• Annual reports must be generated and submitted to the chief engineer.

HYDROLOGIC MONITORING

A total of 367 well sites will be used to monitor water levels within the bank boundary

There will be annual reviews of all climatic conditions, water use, and water levels.

COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

Procedures are being developed to address non-compliance with the Banking Program

Contracts will be developed between the bank and water users setting forth each party’s obligations

DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES

• State Engineer retains jurisdiction of bank

• Bank must reimburse the state for associated costs

• Bank must pay costs to have the state review banking activities which includes a hydrologic and economic review.

5 Year Review

• The bank can only be chartered for seven years.• After five years of operation, the bank will be

evaluated to determine if it has met the goals set out in the Banking Act and the Kansas Water Plan.

• The chief engineer has the authority to extend the bank another seven years or call for dissolution after the initial seven year period.