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Committee re-approves $760,809 for airborne electromagnetic surveys at Kansas Geological Survey
Summary
The Committee on Higher Education Budget approved a reappropriation of $760,809 in State General Fund and reappropriated funds to complete airborne electromagnetic groundwater surveys by the Kansas Geological Survey; members described water data as a wise investment for western Kansas policy planning.
The Committee on Higher Education Budget voted to re-appropriate $760,809 in State General Fund and reappropriated funds to fund airborne electromagnetic surveys conducted by the Kansas Geological Survey.
The motion — described by staff as an action to restore funding lapsed by a prior global amendment — will allow the Kansas Geological Survey to continue an aerial electromagnetic program that surveys groundwater management districts, beginning in northwest Kansas and moving toward southwest Kansas. Committee members said the data will provide stronger information about aquifer characteristics and groundwater levels that can inform water‑policy and mitigation decisions.
The chair moved the amendment, Vice Chair Sanders seconded it, and the committee carried the motion by voice vote. The transcript records a voice vote with no roll-call tally recorded in the hearing record.
Ending: The reappropriation restores previously approved funding so field work on the airborne electromagnetic survey can proceed; the committee did not specify further reporting requirements in the hearing.
