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Kansas Water Office outlines options for roughly $22.5 million in new water funding
Summary
A Kansas Water Office presentation to the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee compared the governor—s proposed water funding increases with the House positions and House Bill 2,113, highlighting differences in grant amounts, project priorities and a proposed front-loaded planning effort.
J. Ramaswamy of the Kansas Water Office briefed the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on competing options to increase taxpayer funding for water in Kansas, outlining the governor—s enhancements, the House budget position and language in House Bill 2,113.
Ramaswamy said the state—s water funding base is about $60,000,000, made up of various fees and transfers, and described three priorities for new funding: choose projects the state can spend on, prioritize projects with significant demand and fund items stakeholders and legislators requested. "We were very, very intentional on 3 things," he said.
The presentation identified three parallel avenues for new water funding: the supplemental appropriations in the governor—s budget, the House—s budget position and House Bill 2,113. The governor—s enhancements would add a mix of project-development and…
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