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Kansas officials announce $1 million groundwater management project

Federal and state grants will support a $1 million groundwater management project in southwest Kansas.

The Kansas Infrastructure Hub announced Wednesday that the project will see more than 59,000 feet of canal converted to 13,200 linear feet of pipeline in Kearny County. State officials say the project will improve water use efficiency, eliminate infiltration and evaporation losses and reduce uranium contamination into the High Plains/Ogallala Aquifer.

The canal currently diverts water from the Arkansas River.

Funding will be split from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants Program and matching funds from the Kanas Infrastructure Hub and Build Kansas Fund.