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Hutchinson approves $10 million contract to acquire Sunoco water rights and place them in conservation bank
Summary
After months of due diligence that included water‑quality testing and legal and technical review, the council approved a $10 million purchase of Sunoco’s water rights; staff will transfer rights into the state Division of Water Resources conservation bank to protect them and to allow future municipal use.
The Hutchinson City Council voted Dec. 16 to approve a contract to purchase Sunoco’s water rights for $10,000,000 and to work with the Kansas Division of Water Resources (DWR) to move the rights into the conservation bank upon transfer.
Erin Patterson, project manager with the utilities group, summarized the city’s due diligence: test sampling of multiple Sunoco wells and nearby irrigation wells, regulatory discussions with KDHE and DWR, and title review by outside water‑rights counsel. Patterson said…
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