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Lake Quivira residents urge city to sponsor dredging grants as silt chokes lake
Summary
Residents and the LQ Fishing Club told the City Council there has been no major dredging since the 1980s and urged city sponsorship of Kansas Water Office grants — up to $1 million for infrastructure and up to $8 million for dredging — after updated bathymetric surveys document sedimentation.
Residents and a lake fishing‑club representative told the Lake Quivira City Council on Feb. 2 that the lake has suffered substantial sedimentation and that no major dredging has occurred since the 1980s. Joanne and Scott Hanson, joined by Chris Rone of the LQ Fishing Club, asked the city to sponsor applications to two Kansas Water Office grant programs they identified — up to $1 million for infrastructure work and up to $8 million for dredging — contingent on updated bathymetric and sediment composition surveys to document current conditions.
The presenters recommended that the city commission updated bathymetry and composition surveys, noting those technical studies are required to quantify sedimentation over the past decade and support successful grant applications. They also said dredged soil can take a long time to dry and that upstream mitigation planning (with engineering support from firms such as Olsson) would strengthen the city’s submissions. The council expressed full city support for pursuing sponsorship and documentation work; no formal motion was recorded during the presentation.
Next steps identified in the meeting included coordinating a committee to commission updated surveys, exploring engineering partners for upstream mitigation planning, and incorporating dredging and related stormwater work into broader water‑quality and grant strategies. Council members signaled willingness to sponsor grant applications but did not set a funding commitment at the meeting.
