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Kansas Water Office seeks $3.8 million in State Water Plan Fund enhancements, urges restoration of reappropriations
Summary
The Kansas Water Office told the Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee it is seeking $3.8 million in FY2027 State Water Plan Fund enhancements for basin planning and reservoir sediment management, and asked the committee to restore roughly $4.6 million in reappropriated funds the special committee on state budget had cut.
At a legislative budget hearing, the Kansas Water Office outlined its fiscal 2026 and 2027 requests and asked lawmakers to restore reappropriated State Water Plan Fund (SWPF) dollars the special committee on state budget deleted.
Luke Drury, senior fiscal analyst with Legislative Research, told the committee roughly $7.9 million in SWPF funds were reappropriated from FY2025 into FY2026 and noted the governor’s recommendations differ from the special committee’s primarily on whether those reappropriations should be restored. "If it is in parentheses, that delineates a reduction or cut," Drury said, explaining the notation on the budget sheets.
The office’s core FY2027 enhancement request totals about $3,800,000 in SWPF: approximately $2.3 million for water-planning and project development and $1.5…
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