Water, and who is using what from the Equus Beds, was one of the top topics of discussion for the Harvey County Commission July 2.
Members of the commission and county staff attended a meeting in Halstead last week to learn about proposed changes to the Wichita aquifer recharge project — and those in attendance left a bit confused.
“My concern is they changed their bottom line number three times in their meeting,” said Commissioner Chip Westfall. . ”… What we have heard from them in the past year, it has changed a lot.”
The city of Wichita has the state’s only ASR project, developed and approved in two phases within the Equus Beds Aquifer. Wichita has proposed changes to the conditions associated with its existing permits for Phase II of its ASR project including a new method to accumulate recharge credits during times of limited recharge capacity, as well as a series of new applications to allow the city to recover recharge credits at existing production wells.
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