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Commission hears update on Cedar Bluff release planning and loss of BRIC funding
Summary
Staff described coordinated planning with the Kansas Water Office, Burns & McDonnell and USGS to potentially release Cedar Bluff water to top off well fields; commissioners were also updated that the federal BRIC program cancellation removed a potential $15.8 million in state funding for the regional water project.
City staff briefed the Hays City Commission on April 24 about coordinated planning for a potential release of water from Cedar Bluff aimed at recharging the Smoky Hill Aquifer and topping off municipal well fields, and discussed the impacts of the federal BRIC grant program cancellation on project funding.
Toby (staff) and Deputy City Manager Colin Belzer summarized that Hays and the city of Russell requested releases from Cedar Bluff. Russell's water rights are privately owned by the city of Russell (about 2,500 acre-feet), while Hays…
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