- The source water for the Equus beds artificial recharge project is the Little Arkansas River. During the demonstration phase of the project through 2002, according to permit conditions set by the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources, water could be diverted from the river for recharge under the following conditions:
- At the Halstead Recharge site, from April 1 through September 30, when streamflow at the USGS stream gage Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead (07143672) exceeded 42 cubic feet per second (cfs) .
- At the Halstead Recharge site, from October 1 through March 31, when streamflow at the USGS stream gage Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead (07143672) exceeded 20 cfs.
- At the Sedgwick Recharge site, throughout the entire year, when streamflow at the USGS stream gage Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, KS (07144100) exceeded 40 cfs.
- Permit guidelines for Phase I and Phase II full scale recharge operations established by the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources, in August 2005, require the following conditions for water to be diverted from the river for recharge:
- At the Halstead Recharge site, from April 1 through September 30, when streamflow at the USGS stream gage Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead (07143672) exceeds 57 cfs.
- At the Halstead Recharge site, from October 1 through March 31, when streamflow at the USGS stream gage Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead (07143672) exceeds 20 cfs.
- At the Sedgwick Recharge site diverted water shall not cause the streamflow at the downstream Valley Center (07144200) site to fall below 30 cfs.
Surface water quantity data is also available for:
More Real-Time Water Quality information for Kansas is available at http://nrtwq.usgs.gov/ks/.
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