About Us
Mission Statement
In 1972 the Kansas
Legislature ratified the Groundwater Management District Act. The
first law contained in the act challenged each District with a mission
founded in the following declaration:
Legislative Declaration
K.S.A.
82a-1020 - It is hereby recognized that a need
exists for the creation of special districts for the proper management
of the groundwater resources of the state; for the conservation of
groundwater resources; for the prevention of economic deterioration; for
associated endeavors within the state of Kansas through the
stabilization of agriculture; and to secure for Kansas the benefit of
its fertile soils and favorable location with respect to national and
world markets. It is the policy of this act to preserve basic
water use doctrine and to establish the right of local water users to
determine their destiny with respect to the use of the groundwater
insofar as it does not conflict with the basic laws and policies of the
state of Kansas. It is, therefore, declared that in the public
interest it is necessary and advisable to permit the establishment of
groundwater management districts. Board of Directors
Officers:
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Position: |
Name: |
County: |
Appointed: |
Serves to: |
| President |
Clay Scott |
Grant |
2008 |
2011 |
| Vice President |
Kent Dunn |
Seward |
2003 |
2009 |
| Secretary |
Meghan Houtsma |
Hamilton |
2008 |
2011 |
| Treasurer |
Mike O'Brate |
Gray |
2004 |
2010 |
Members:
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Name: |
County: |
Appointed: |
Serves to: |
|
Steve Stone |
Finney |
2004 |
2010 |
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Tom Bogner |
Ford |
2004 |
2010 |
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Nathan Kells |
Haskell |
2008 |
2011 |
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Kirk Maddux |
Kearny |
2004 |
2010 |
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Warren Fox |
Meade |
2003 |
2009 |
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Wayne Breeding |
Morton |
2003 |
2009 |
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Brant Peterson |
Stanton |
2005 |
2008 |
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Shannon Crawford |
Stevens |
2003 |
2009 |
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Alan Schweitzer |
Municipal |
2005 |
2008 |
|
David Brenn |
Surface Water |
2004 |
2010 |
|
Mike McNiece |
Industrial |
2003 |
2009 |
Southwest
Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3
Site last updated
07/14/08
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