Kan. Admin. Regs. § 5-5-9 - Approval of application for a change in the use made of water from irrigation to any other type of beneficial use of water
(a) The approval of a change in the use made
of water from irrigation to any other type of beneficial use of water shall not
be approved if the change will cause the net consumptive use from the local
source of water supply to be greater than the net consumptive use from the same
local source of water supply by the original irrigation use based on the
following requirements:
(1) The maximum
annual quantity of water to be allowed by the approved change shall be the
authorized quantity of the water right multiplied by the consumptive use
percentage specified for the county within which the change is approved, as
shown on the department's map titled "consumptive use percentages in Kansas, by
county," dated August 3, 2017 and hereby adopted by reference.
(2) In determining whether the net
consumptive use of water will be increased by the proposed change in the use
made of water, the applicant shall be given credit by the chief engineer for
any return flows from the proposed type of beneficial use of water that will
return to the same local source of supply as the return flows from the
originally authorized type of beneficial use of water, as substantiated by the
applicant to the satisfaction of the chief engineer by an engineering report or
similar type of hydrologic analysis.
(3) The authorized quantity to be changed to
the new type of beneficial use of water shall never exceed the maximum annual
quantity authorized by the water right.
(4) If a water right that overlaps the
authorized place of use of one or more other water rights, either in whole or
in part, is being changed to a different type of beneficial use of water, the
total net consumptive use of all water rights after the change is approved
shall not exceed the total net consumptive use of all of the rights before the
change is approved.
(5) The
approval for a change in the use made of water shall also be limited by that
quantity reasonable for the use proposed by the change in the use made of water
in order to prevent waste pursuant to
K.A.R.
5-1-1.
(b) Upon request of the applicant, the
historic net consumptive use actually made during the perfection period, or
before June 28, 1945 for vested rights, under the water right proposed to be
changed shall be considered by the chief engineer. The burden shall be on the
owner to document that historic net consumptive use with an engineering study,
or equivalent documentation and analysis, and demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the chief engineer that the analysis submitted by the applicant is a more
accurate estimate of the historic net consumptive use than the net consumptive
use calculated using the methodology specified in paragraph (a)(1).
(c) If the methods specified in subsection
(a) produce an authorized annual quantity of water that could result in
impairment of other water rights, the chief engineer shall make a site-specific
net consumptive use analysis to determine the quantity of water that was
actually beneficially consumed under the water right. If the water right is
within a groundwater management district and the district has additional
site-specific data available, the data may be submitted to the chief engineer
for consideration. The quantity approved shall be limited to the quantity
determined to be reasonable by the chief engineer's analysis.
(d) A term permit that would increase the
consumptive use of the water right or would otherwise circumvent the limits
specified in this regulation shall not be issued to any applicant.
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