{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-703c","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 82a-703c","heading":"Minimum streamflows established.","body":"In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 82a-703a, and amendments thereto, the legislature hereby establishes the following minimum desirable streamflows:\nTable—MINIMUM DESIRABLE STREAMFLOWS (cfs)\nWatercourse\nMonth\nJ\nF\nM\nA(a)\nM(a)\nJ(a)\nJ\nA\nS\nO\nN\nD\nMarais des Cygnes\nOttawa\n15\n15\n15\n15(40)\n20(50)\n20(50)\n25\n25\n20\n15\n15\n15\nLaCygne\n20\n20\n20\n20(50)\n20(150)\n25(150)\n25\n25\n20\n20\n20\n20\nNeosho\nAmericus\n5\n5\n5\n5\n5(20)\n5(30)\n5(30)\n5\n5\n5\n5\n5\nIola\n40\n40\n40\n40(60)\n40(200)\n40(200)\n40\n40\n40\n40\n40\n40\nParsons\n50\n50\n50\n50(100)\n50(300)\n50(300)\n50\n50\n50\n50\n50\n50\nCottonwood\nFlorence\n10\n10\n10\n10 (30)\n10 (60)\n10 (60)\n10\n10\n10\n10\n10\n10\nPlymouth\n20\n20\n20\n20 (60)\n20 (150)\n20 (150)\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\nLittle Arkansas\nAlta Mills\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\n8\nValley Center\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\nArkansas River\nKinsley (b)\n2\n2\n3\n3\n5\n5\n3\n1\n1\n1\n2\n2\nGreat Bend (b)\n3\n3\n3\n3\n10\n10\n5\n3\n2\n2\n2\n3\nHutchinson\n80\n80\n100\n100\n100\n100\n80\n80\n60\n60\n60\n80\nRattlesnake Creek\nMacksville (b)\n5\n5\n10\n10\n10\n10\n5\n1\n1\n1\n5\n5\nZenith\n15\n15\n15\n15\n15\n15\n5\n3\n3\n3\n10\n15\nNorth Fork Ninnescah Above\nCheney\n40\n50\n50\n50\n40\n30\n10\n5\n5\n10\n40\n40\nSouth Fork Ninnescah\nPratt\n10\n10\n10\n8\n8\n8\n5\n5\n5\n5\n10\n10\nMurdock\n80\n90\n90\n90\n90\n50\n30\n30\n30\n50\n80\n80\nNinnescah\nPeck\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n70\n30\n30\n30\n50\n100\n100\nSaline\nRussell\n5\n5\n15\n15\n15\n12\n2\n2\n2\n5\n5\n5\nSmoky Hill\nEllsworth(c)\n20\n20\n25\n30\n35\n45\n35\n15\n15\n15\n20\n20\nMedicine Lodge\nKiowa\n50\n55\n60\n60\n40\n30\n6\n1\n1\n4\n40\n50\nChikaskia\nCorbin\n30\n45\n50\n45\n40\n30\n16\n5\n5\n8\n30\n30\nBig Blue\nMarysville\n100\n100\n125\n150\n150 (d)\n150 (d)\n80\n90\n65\n80\n80\n80\nLittle Blue\nBarnes\n100\n100\n125\n150\n150 (d)\n150 (d)\n75\n80\n60\n80\n80\n80\nRepublican\nConcordia (e)\n100\n125\n150\n150\n150\n150\n150\n150\n80\n65\n80\n100\nClay Center\n125\n150\n200\n250\n250\n250\n200\n200\n100\n90\n100\n125\nMill Creek\nPaxico\n8\n8\n8\n25\n30\n35\n10\n5\n5\n2\n5\n8\nDelaware\nMuscotah\n10\n10\n20\n20\n20\n20\n5\n3\n3\n2\n10\n10\nWalnut River\nWinfield\n30\n35\n40\n65\n100\n100\n30\n25\n20\n20\n20\n30\nWhitewater River\nTowanda\n10\n15\n15\n20\n25\n25\n10\n5\n5\n5\n6\n10\nSpring River\nBaxter Springs (f)\n175\n200\n250\n300\n450\n350\n200\n160\n120\n120\n150\n175\nChapman Creek\nChapman\n10\n15\n15\n15\n15\n15\n10\n10\n10\n10\n10\n10\nSolomon River\nNiles\n40\n50\n60\n60\n90\n90\n50\n50\n40\n40\n40\n40\n(a) Spawning flows to be managed if reservoirs in flood pool; otherwise use lower flows.\n(b) Subject to subsequent assessment of lagged effects of extensive groundwater appropriations in regional aquifer.\n(c) Subject to subsequent assessment of lagged effects of upstream depletions.\n(d) Subject to the stateline flows contained in the Blue River Compact.\n(e) Subject to subsequent assessment of Harlan County reservoir operations, development of compact stateline flows and lagged effects of upstream depletions.\n(f) Flows measured at Quapah, Oklahoma; may need review if a new station is established.","path":["Chapter 82a.—WATERS AND WATERCOURSES","Article 7.—APPROPRIATION OF WATER FOR BENEFICIAL USE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch82a/082a_007_0003c.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:27Z","sha256":"923d6abb4170f71f9ef36f6484edb7f17133850f91186ef6ab0d56e5fa65449b","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-703b","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-82a-704a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}