Appropriation of Water for Beneficial Use | MidpageAppropriation of Water for Beneficial Use
82a-701Definitions82a-702Dedication of use of water82a-703Water may be appropriated subject to vested rights82a-703aMinimum streamflows; duties of chief engineer82a-703bMinimum desirable streamflows; condition of appropriation right, applicability82a-703cMinimum streamflows established82a-704aDetermination of vested rights; procedure; duties of chief engineer82a-704bSame; notice82a-704cSame; supplemental to Kansas water appropriation act82a-705Acquisition of a new appropriation right to use water other than domestic; approval82a-705aDomestic use after June 28, 1945; information to chief engineer82a-706Duties of chief engineer as to beneficial use and rights of priority of appropriation82a-706aRules, regulations and standards82a-706bDiversion of water prohibited, when; unlawful acts; enforcement and augmentation by chief engineer82a-706cMeters, gages and other measuring devices; waste and quality checks82a-706dDuties of attorney general82a-706eState field offices and commissioners82a-707Principles governing appropriations; priorities82a-708aApplications for permits to appropriate water; fee82a-708bApplication for change in place of use, point of diversion or use; fee; review of action on application82a-708cApplication for term permits to appropriate water; fee82a-709Same; contents; time of filing82a-710Same; return for correction or completion; maps, plats, plans and drawings; default in refiling82a-711Permits to appropriate water; standards for approval of use; review of action on application82a-711aSame; express conditions of appropriations82a-712Same; notice of approval or disapproval of application; approval constitutes permit82a-713Same; limiting time for perfection of appropriation; extension82a-714Permits to appropriate water; completion of works; extension of time; certificate of appropriation; fees82a-715Same; validation of certain applications82a-716Common-law claimants; action for compensation; injunctions82a-717aDiversions by common-law claimants and others; complaints, investigations and orders82a-718Abandonment of water rights; notices; hearing; review of action; exceptions82a-719Distribution of water according to decree of court82a-720Same; certified copies of decrees82a-721Construction of act82a-721aSame; damages to land82a-722Invalidity of part82a-724Review of administrative actions82a-725Same; reference to state division or its chief engineer; procedures; cases in federal courts82a-726Diversion and transportation of water for use in another state; approval by chief engineer; conditions82a-727Temporary permits to appropriate water; extension; fee; rules and regulations82a-728Unlawful acts; penalties82a-729Act supplemental to article 7 of chapter 82a of the Kansas Statutes Annotated82a-730Citation of act82a-731Water appropriation certification fund created; expenditures therefrom82a-732Annual water use report required; penalty for violations82a-733Conservation plans and practices82a-734Sand and gravel pits; beneficial use of water, when; permit; application; fee; perfection of appropriation; examination of diversion works; assessment of water protection fee82a-734aSand and gravel pits, land-based; prohibition on certain rules and regulations, conditions82a-736Multi-year flex accounts; definitions; establishment; requirements; application; fees; rules and regulations82a-737Civil enforcement of act82a-738Studies and recommendations of chief engineer and state geological survey; report82a-739Installation of water flow measurement and data recording devices below Cedar Bluff reservoir; authorization of property owners; dissemination of data and report to legislative committees82a-741Water conservation program; enrollment; application; fees; administration; rules and regulations82a-742Division of a water right; application; fee82a-743Limited transfer permits; term; fee; base water right; rules and regulations82a-744Water management and conservation measures; due consideration by chief engineer82a-745Water conservation areas; establishment procedures; duties of chief engineer; notice; orders; consent agreement; review; flexibility; impairment82a-761Title; implementation82a-762Definitions82a-763Water bank authority; deposits and leases; safe deposit accounts; restrictions82a-764Bankable water right, determination of82a-765Water bank charter; approval; requirements82a-766Water bank annual reports82a-767Evaluation of water bank; evaluation team; extension or lapse of charter; charter review82a-768Application of law relating to abandonment of water right82a-769Rules and regulations82a-770Enforcement of act82a-771Payment of certain costs of water bank82a-772Water resources cost fund82a-773Water office cost fund82a-774Water in a safe deposit account associated with a water bank; prohibition on participation in a multi-year flex account82a-735Sunflower ammunition plant water rights