Kan. Admin. Regs. § 5-22-17

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 5-22-17 - Bank storage wells

(a) Each applicant for one or more bank storage wells shall demonstrate all of the following:

(1) The hydraulic connection from the streambed and banks to each bank storage well screen is sufficient to transmit bank storage water from the bed and banks of the stream to each bank storage well screen at a rate sufficient to sustain the authorized rate of diversion of the well or wells.

(2) Within seven days after the pumping of all bank storage wells has ceased, the water level in each bank storage well, or a monitoring well located within 100 feet of that bank storage well, will recover to an elevation equal to or greater than the water level elevation immediately before the bank storage well began to pump, adjusted for any regional groundwater level changes not caused by the pumping of the bank storage well.

(3) The naturally occurring and artificially induced rate of infiltration from the bed and banks of the stream when bank storage is occurring will be sufficient to meet the following conditions:

(A) Equal or exceed the authorized rate of diversion of all of the bank storage wells;

(B) prevent impairment caused by all bank storage wells; and

(C) prevent groundwater mining caused by all bank storage wells.

(b) If an application for a bank storage well is approved by the chief engineer, the applicant shall install one or more water-level measurement tubes at locations that will allow adequate monitoring of groundwater quality and groundwater levels within the area where the annual cone of depression of the bank storage well or wells could be greater than 0.5 feet. Each water-level measurement tube shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with K.A.R. 5-6-13.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 5-22-17

Authorized by K.S.A. 82a-706a and K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 82a-1028; implementing K.S.A. 82a-706a and K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 82a-1028; effective Nov. 12, 2004.