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Kansas Water Office describes Tuttle Creek water‑injection dredge test; Corps to release first‑phase results Jan. 26
Summary
The Kansas Water Office told the House Committee on Water that a pilot water‑injection dredge at Tuttle Creek produced measurable turbidity spikes but, according to initial monitoring, did not exceed permitted water‑quality limits; the Corps of Engineers will present detailed findings in a Jan. 26 webinar.
Connie Owen, director of the Kansas Water Office, told the House Committee on Water that a pilot water‑injection dredging (WID) demonstration at Tuttle Creek Lake has completed an initial 10‑day trial and produced detectable downstream turbidity but, in preliminary monitoring, did not exceed permitted water‑quality limits.
The WID test, federally authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1938 and supported by about $2 million from the state water plan fund, is intended to evaluate whether the technology—jet bars that create density currents to move sediment—can be an effective, economical tool for reservoir sediment management. "The objectives of this demonstration are to answer questions ... how much…
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