Watershed Management Section

Draft Kansas Section 401 Water Quality Certification for Clean Water Act Section 404 Permits

The US Army Corps of Engineers cannot issue a Section 404 permit or verification without a statement that a recipient’s project will not likely violate Kansas Water Quality Standards if implemented per KDHE and USACE conditions. The Section 401 Water Quality Certification is that statement Click on the above link and scoll down for background to review and comment on document by December 31st, 2016.  

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Watershed Management

The majority of all water quality pollution does not come from the end of pipe, but comes from parking lots, our farms, our communities, and even our very own backyards. The water that runs across our watersheds inadvertently transports pollutants such as excess nutrients, bacteria, oils/gases, and sediments which impair our Kansas waters. These pollutants are known as ‘Nonpoint Source Pollution’ and are the leading cause of water pollution in the United States today. They are called nonpoint source pollutants due their origin is not a single defined source but many diffuse sources.