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Kansas officials say demand for HB 2302 water grants far outstrips available funding
Summary
Kansas Water Office officials told the House Committee on Water that the HB 2302 technical‑assistance and water‑project grant program has received hundreds of applications requesting hundreds of millions while only tens of millions are available; award examples include technical assistance for a Montgomery County rural water district and lead remediation at Cuba’s water tower.
Connie Owen, director of the Kansas Water Office, told the House Committee on Water that the HB 2302 grant program—created to help small communities (populations of 2,000 or fewer) with technical assistance and water projects—continues to see demand far beyond available funding.
Owen summarized three cycles: in fiscal year 2024 the office received 309 applications requesting about $380 million and funded 18 awards; fiscal year 2025 requests totaled roughly $233 million while only $27 million was available; preliminary numbers for the most recent cycle showed about 281 applications requesting roughly $272…
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