Kan. Admin. Regs. § 5-6-3 - Potential net evaporation
(a) The Kansas
department of agriculture, division of water resources' map titled "potential
net evaporation, in inches, for Kansas," dated September 6, 1996, is hereby
adopted by reference for the purpose of determining potential net evaporation
from a free water surface.
(b) The
values on the map shall be used in all situations in which determination of
potential net evaporation from a free water surface is necessary, including the
following:
(1) Calculating the maximum annual
quantity of water allowed to be appropriated for the storage of surface water
in a reservoir ;
(2) computing the
annual amount of evaporation that will be caused by exposing the groundwater
table;
(3) calculating the
quantity of evaporation from surface water or exposed groundwater that will be
used to determine annual water use; and
(4) determining the maximum annual quantity
of water that is perfected pursuant to
K.S.A.
82a-714 and amendments thereto.
(c) The values shown on the map
shall be used unless the applicant provides, or the chief engineer has
available, better or more site-specific data concerning potential net
evaporation.
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