District Act
Northwest Groundwater Management District 4
K.S.A. 82a-1020 through 82a-1040
October, 2011
K.S.A. 82a-1020. Legislative declaration. It is hereby
recognized that a need exists for the creation of special districts for
the proper management of the groundwater resources of the state; for the
conservation of groundwater resources; for the prevention of economic
deterioration; for associated endeavors within the state of Kansas
through the stabilization of agriculture; and to secure for Kansas the
benefit of its fertile soils and favorable location with respect to
national and world markets. It is the policy of this act to preserve
basic water use doctrine and to establish the right of local water users
to
determine their destiny with respect to the use of the groundwater
insofar as it does not conflict with the basic laws and policies of the
state of Kansas. It is, therefore, declared that in the public interest
it is necessary and advisable to permit the establishment of groundwater
management districts. (History: L. 1972, ch. 386, ยง 1; July 1.)
