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:

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:

Name:	County:	Appointed:	Serves to:
Steve Stone	Finney	2004	2010
Tom Bogner	Ford	2004	2010
Nathan Kells	Haskell	2008	2011
Kirk Maddux	Kearny	2004	2010
Warren Fox	Meade	2003	2009
Wayne Breeding	Morton	2003	2009
Brant Peterson	Stanton	2005	2008
Shannon Crawford	Stevens	2003	2009
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

Upcoming Meeting!
	Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Monthly Board Meeting 9:00 AM 409 Campus Dr, Suite 108 Garden City, KS

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