Outline Concept Purpose and Need Planning and Development Funding

Outline

• Concept

• Purpose and Need

• Planning and Development

• Funding

• Phase II Program

• Keys to Success

Little Arkansas River

• Little Arkansas River

• High Turbidity (5 to 2,000 NTU)
• Atrazine (<1 to 50 g/L)

Meet Water Supply Demands

Groundwater pumping has created a depression

• Groundwater pumping has created a depression

• 65 Bgal of storage capacity available (return to 1940 water levels)

Integrated Local Water Supply (ILWS) Plan

• Integrated Local Water Supply (ILWS) Plan

• Evaluated 27 Alternatives
• Approved 1993
• Meet 2050 Water Demands
• Principal Component is a 100-MGD ASR Program

Milford Reservoir Alternative

• Milford Reservoir Alternative

Reliable & Sustainable Water Source

• Reliable & Sustainable Water Source

• Preserve Equus Beds Water Quality

• No Requirements to Curtail Irrigation

• Lower Pumping Costs

• Augments Low Flows

• Less Land Required

• Avoid Evaporation Losses

1st ASR Project in Kansas

• 1st ASR Project in Kansas

• No Regulations to Administer

• No Proof ASR would not Contaminate the Aquifer

• Poor Image of City in Project Area

Partnering with Reclamation

• Equus Beds Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Project (1980’s)

• High Plains Groundwater Demonstration Program
• ASR is feasible and suitable for full-scale implementation

• Congressman Tihart (KS) introduced bill to authorize Reclamation’s funding participation

• P.L. 109-299 passed in 2006
• 25% up to $30M ($41M in today’s $s)

• Reclamation sponsored City’s EIS

• ROD issued January 2010 (18 months)

External Funding / Support

• U. S. Bureau of Reclamation

• Special Authorization
• Cooperative Agreement

• State of Kansas

• Kansas Water Office
• Up to $1M/year

• U. S. Geological Survey

• Data Collection
• Groundwater Monitoring

30-MGD Capacity

• 30-MGD Capacity

• ASR Facilities

• River Intake
• Treatment Plant
• 31 ASR Wells
• Recharge Basin
• 40+ miles of Pipelines
• Power lines & substation
• Surge Tanks

River Intake

• River Intake

Surface Water Treatment Plant

• Surface Water Treatment Plant

Recharge Accounting

Keys to Success

• Partnerships

• Phased Implementation

• Favorable Administration and Accounting Framework

• Nearby Recharge Water Source

• Strong Leadership

Acknowledgements

• David Warren

• Retired Director, Wichita Water Utilities

• Jerry Blain

• Retired Superintendent, Wichita Water Utilities

• Chris Carrier

• Director of Public Works, City of Wichita (deceased)

• Deb Ary

• Superintendent of Prod. & Pumping, City of Wichita

• Tom Jacobs & Andrea Cole

• Program Management