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Kansas Water Office outlines HB 2302 grant awards and rules; demand far outpaces funds
Summary
Victoria Asbury of the Kansas Water Office briefed lawmakers on March 6 about the implementation of House Bill 2302, which created two state grant programs for water infrastructure and technical assistance; the program has received hundreds of applications and awarded $26 million in fiscal 2025.
Victoria Asbury, director-level staff from the Kansas Water Office, told the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee on March 6 that the agency is implementing House Bill 2302 (2023), a multi-year funding package designed to help municipalities and special water districts with planning and construction of water infrastructure.
Under HB 2302 the legislature provided an additional $35 million from the state general fund to the state water plan fund over five years; the Water Office described annual base funding and statutory allocations for two grant streams. Asbury said the statutory breakdown directs $18 million to remain in the state water plan fund for general water projects and programs, $5 million to a technical assistance fund and $12 million to a water projects fund; the agency described other appropriations and one-time increases that altered totals for FY2025.
For fiscal year 2025 the legislature added $10 million that lifted the technical assistance total to $7.5 million and the water projects…
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