Kan. Stat. § 12-810
Any foreign municipal corporation duly chartered and organized under the laws of its state, and owning a water plant and having some part thereof within the state of Kansas, may apply to the district court or judge thereof, of any county in which said foreign municipal corporation has located any part of its water plant to condemn land for the same, or as much as may be desired, as well as a route for such proposed water mains as may be located by such foreign municipal corporation, and also such land as may be deemed necessary for engine houses, pumping stations, workshops, water stations, intakes, reservoirs, filtering basins, tunnels, shafts and conduits for conveying water, together with all necessary means, ways and devices for building, constructing, maintaining, repairing and operating the same, and materials for the construction sufficient to enable said foreign municipal corporation to construct and repair its plant, mains and stations, and right of making proper drains, which said lands or rights therein may be condemned as provided by law: Provided, Such foreign municipal corporation shall not be permitted to condemn any lands actually used by a water company in serving a municipal corporation in the state of Kansas, when the taking of the lands so sought to be condemned would interfere with the actual operation of such water company's plant.
K.S.A. 12-810