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Equus Beds GMD highlights monitoring, ITI savings and emerging nitrate concerns
Summary
Tim Baze, manager of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District, reported on the district's monitoring network, the irrigation technology initiative (ITI) that yielded estimated 10% water savings in field evaluations, and emerging nitrate and chloride contamination concerns including discussion of a proposed $10 million funding line for the Burton chloride plume.
Tim Baze, manager of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District (GMD 2), briefed the Committee on Water on the district's 2025 activities, monitoring work and emerging water-quality challenges.
Baze said GMD 2 owns and maintains roughly 400 monitoring wells measured at least quarterly, and the district contributed about 650 additional monitoring wells to statewide data. In 2025 the district took roughly 2,500 water-level measurements and nearly 300 water-quality samples; the district partners with the Kansas…
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