Watershed Planning, Monitoring, and

Assessment Section

R. Trevor Flynn, Chief
Bureau of Water
Watershed Planning, Monitoring, and Assessment Section
1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420
Topeka, KS 66612-1367
(785) 296-8791
FAX: (785) 559-4258

Purpose:

The purpose of the Watershed Planning, Monitoring, and Assessment Section is as follows:

• Implement sections 303(c), 303(d), 303(e), 305(b), and 604(b) of the Clean Water Act.
• Identify and prioritize impaired streams, lakes, and wetlands and develop Total Maximum Daily Loads for high priority waterbodies.
• Develops statewide surface water quality standards.
• Provides information on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of streams, publicly owned lakes and wetlands in Kansas.
• Tracks environmental contaminant levels in fish and other aquatic life and issues fish consumption advisories.
• Monitors water quality conditions in streams and publicly owned lakes and wetlands throughout Kansas and performs special water pollution investigations in cooperation with KDHE district offices and other governmental agencies.
• Perform compliance monitoring at NPDES permitted facilities to determine the status of compliance with discharge permit requirements.
• Maintain and update the Kansas Surface Water register identifying classified streams and lakes along with designated use status and use attainability analysis status.
• Develop the biennial Kansas Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report (305(b) and 303(d))

What's New:

• 2016 Kansas-Lower Republican Basin TMDLs (DRAFT) and Public Hearing Information
• 2016 Kansas Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report
• Kansas Issues Revised Fish Consumption Advisories for 2015
• Kansas Heritage Streams: Identification and Protection of Healthy Watersheds

Staff:

Watershed Planning, Monitoring, and Assessment Section

NAME	PHONE	AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
Trevor Flynn	(785) 296-8791	Section Chief
Planning and Standards Unit
Vacant		Unit Chief
Michelle Probasco	(785) 296-8229	TMDL & 303(d) Impaired Waters List
Leena Divakar	(785) 296-0079	TMDL & 303(d) Impaired Waters List
Julia Young	(785) 296-5508	Water Quality Standards
Karle Woodward	(785) 296-1209	NPDES Certifications
Assessment and Information Unit
Mike Butler	(785) 296-5580	Unit Chief
Vacant	(785) 296-1981	KS Surface Water Register & Mapping Applications
Shawn Weber	(785) 296-6352	Compliance Monitoring & UAA
Elizabeth Smith	(785) 296-4332	Probabilistic Monitoring & Integrated Report 305(b)
Chris Janssen	(785) 296-5520	Probabilistic Monitoring
Monitoring and Analysis Unit
Tony Stahl	(785) 296-5578	Unit Chief
Jeff Scott	(785) 296-7415	Stream Chemistry Monitoring
Clint Goodrich	(785) 291-3676	Stream Biology & Fish Tissue
Adam Blackwood	(785) 296-6220	Stream Biology Monitoring
Layne Knight	(785) 291-3885	Lake and Wetland Monitoring
Vacant	(785) 296-5576	Lake and Wetland Monitoring