Request for Renewal of the Greater GMD 4 LEMA
Submitted to the Chief Engineer,
Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water
Resources
February 18, 2026
In order to reduce decline rates and extend the life of the aquifer in the Northwest Kansas
Groundwater Management District No. 4 (GMD 4), the Board of Directors of GMD 4 proposes
the following five-year plan be submitted via the Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA)
process contained in KSA 82a-1041 for the following townships in so far as those townships are
located within the GMD 4 boundaries:
Cheyenne County
Township 2 South, Range 37 West
Township 2 South, Range 38 West
Township 2 South, Range 39 West
Township 3 South, Range 37 West
Township 3 South, Range 38 West
Township 3 South, Range 39 West
Township 3 South, Range 40 West
Township 3 South, Range 42 West
Township 4 South, Range 37 West
Township 4 South, Range 38 West
Township 4 South, Range 39 West
Township 4 South, Range 40 West
Township 4 South, Range 41 West
Township 4 South, Range 42 West
Township 5 South, Range 37 West
Township 5 South, Range 38 West
Township 5 South, Range 39 West
Township 5 South, Range 40 West
Township 5 South, Range 41 West
Township 5 South, Range 42 West
Graham County
Township 6 South, Range 25 West
Township 7 South, Range 25 West
Township 8 South, Range 25 West
Township 9 South, Range 24 West
Township 9 South, Range 25 West