{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-1331","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 82a-1331","heading":"Same; definitions.","body":"As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(a) \"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;\n(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;\n(c) \"water assurance district\" means an organization of eligible water right holders;\n(d) \"assurance reservoir\" means any reservoir containing assurance storage;\n(e) \"eligible water right holder\" means any entity holding a water right or permit, pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-701 et seq., and amendments thereto, to appropriate water from a stream or water from the alluvium of the stream downstream from an assurance reservoir for municipal or industrial purposes as determined by the chief engineer pursuant to K.S.A. 82a-1333; and\n(f) \"member\" means an eligible water right holder who, because of a determination of benefit by the chief engineer, is required to participate in and is subject to the rules of a water assurance district. An eligible water right holder who withdraws water from the alluvium of a stream supplemented by an assurance reservoir shall be a member if the chief engineer determines there is a significant benefit to such holder from supplementing the stream by assurance reservoir releases.","path":["Chapter 82a.—WATERS AND WATERCOURSES","Article 13.—WATER STORAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch82a/082a_013_0031.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:29Z","sha256":"bef6f431601ad5ab7c13a4b197e203a97914caddd13c61c292cc98ea1a524a7f","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-1330","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-1332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}