Source Control Program Annual Report
Kansas Nonpoint Source Control
Program
2003 - 2004 Annual Report
Nonpoint Source Management Plan
In 1987, Congress established Section 319 of
the Clean Water Act, Nonpoint Source Management
Programs. Section 319 established a grant program
designed to assist states with implementing policy and
programs for the control of nonpoint source pollution.
To be eligible to receive these grants, states were
required to prepare a nonpoint source management
program with three components. One, identify the
best management practices and measures needed to
reduce nonpoint source pollutant loadings. Two,
identify the programs to be used to achieve
implementation of the identified best management
practices. Lastly, develop an implementation
schedule. The Kansas Nonpoint Source (NPS)
Management Plan was approved by EPA in 1989. The
Kansas Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plan
was last updated in the year 2000 and will be revised in
2005.
The Kansas vision is that all nonpoint pollutant
sources are implementing water quality protection
measures so that Kansas lakes, rivers, wetlands and
groundwater will be free of pollution caused by
nonpoint pollutant sources. This vision will be
achieved through setting and completing both long and
short term goals.
Table of Contents
Nonpoint Source Management
Program.................................1
NPS Long Term Goal One......2
TMDL update....................2
SWPP update...................17
NPS Long Term Goal Two....18

NPS Long Term Goal Three..19
WQ Certification...............19
NPS Long Term Goal Four.....20
WRAPS.............................20
NPS Long Term Goal Five.....25
New Projects...................26
KELP................................27
GRTS...............................29
CWN Pledge ....................31
Water Celebrations...........32
Nonpoint Source Pollution Load
Reduction..............................35
NPS Information and Education
Program
Highlights.............................47
Mini-grant progrsm.........53
Quarterly NPS Seminars..54
World Water Mon. Day.....54
Current Projects...................55 Kansass 2004 Nonpoint Source Control Program Annual Report
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Long Term Goals
Nonpoint Source Management Plan
1. Insure all of Kansas water resources are free of water quality impairments caused
by nonpoint pollutant sources. This will be achieved by:
pDeveloping Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
pImplementing TMDLs
pCompleting source water assessments (page 17)
pDeveloping and implementing source water protection plans (page 17)
2003 - 2004 Update:
p Developing TMDLs:
Status of Kansas TMDL Program as of December 2004
1. Ten Basins Complete under Court Decree
2. Smoky Hill-Saline Basin Complete - Chloride/Sulfate TMDLs
3. Neosho Basin Completed in December - 2002 Listings; Spring River Metals
TMDL
4. 2004 303(d) Impaired Waters List Submitted after Smoky Hill and Neosho
TMDLs - January 1, 2005
5. Selected KLR New and Revised TMDLs to be completed by June 2005
6. Lower Arkansas Basin to be Complete by June 2006
7. Upper Republican Basin - SB 204 Stream TMDLs Complete by June 2006;
Closes Court Decree
8. Development of Upper Arkansas Basin Total Dissolved Solids TMDL in 2006
pImplementing TMDLs:
TMDLs with High Priority are slated to be implemented over the period of State Fiscal
Years (SFY) 2004 - 2010. Implementation of TMDLs with Medium Priority will be
deferred until after Fiscal Year 2010, after a review and reevaluation of implementing
those TMDLs by the Basin Advisory Committees in 2010. TMDLs with Low Priority
will continue to have data collected on those impaired streams and lakes and will have
their impaired status reevaluated as part of the process of developing the 2006, 2008
and 2010 Section 303(d) lists. Should they continue to be impaired, those Low Priority
TMDLs may begin implementation after Fiscal Year 2010. On the next page is a map
of high priority TMDLs. Kansass 2004 Nonpoint Source Control Program Annual Report
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* A Eutrophication TMDL has been added for Marion Reservoir since the maps
creation. Kansass 2004 Nonpoint Source Control Program Annual Report
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Smoky Hill/Saline Basin High Priority TMDLs
Impairments from the 1998 303(d) list were carried over and combined with the 2002
303(d) list to identify 53 impairments in 27 watersheds and 23 lake impairments in 17
lakes in the Smoky Hill-Saline Basin. High priority TMDLs in the Smoky Hill-Saline
basin include dissolved oxygen for Spillman and Holland creeks, Herington Reservoir
and Lake Scott; eutrophication for Kanopolis and Herington reservoirs; and ph and
aquatic plants for Lake Scott.
Key:
DO: (IN LAKES) Low dissolved oxygen in upper 3 meters of water column over deepest
location in water body. (IN STREAMS) Low dissolved oxygen (<5 mg/L).
E: Eutrophication, biological community impacts and excessive nutrient/organic
loading. If applicable, the Eutrophication TMDLs are bundled with pH, aquatic plants,
and/or DO impairments. These impairments are all interrelated and effected by nutrient
loading.
HUC: U.S. Geologic Survey Hydrologic Unit Code
In this basin there are seven contamination sites for which the state has assumed
responsibility. All counties have adopted state approved sanitary/environmental codes.
One hundred public water suppliers have conducted source water assessments. One
public water supply was recommended by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) for participation in the 2003 atrazine monitoring program which is to run
for five years. The atrazine risk reduction program includes runoff prevention in
watersheds feeding the public water supply. Twenty nine conservation districts have
local nonpoint source pollution management plans. Kansass 2004 Nonpoint Source Control Program Annual Report
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Solomon Basin High Priority TMDLs
Impairments from the 1998 303(d) list were carried over and combined with the 2002
303(d) list to identify forty-seven stream impairments in 18 watersheds and nine lake
impairments in seven lakes in the Solomon Basin. The high priority TMDLs that have
been established are shown in the table below.
Key:
DO: Low dissolved oxygen (< 5 mg/L in stream)
HUC: U.S. Geologic Survey Hydrologic Unit Code
In this basin there are seven contamination sites for which the state has assumed
responsibility. All counties have adopted state approved sanitary/environmental codes.
Forty-six public water suppliers have conducted source water assessments. Two public
water supplies were recommended by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) for participation in the five year, 2003 atrazine monitoring program. This
atrazine risk reduction program includes runoff prevention in watersheds feeding the
public water supply. All conservation districts in the basin have local nonpoint source
pollution management plans. Kansass 2004 Nonpoint Source Control Program Annual Report
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Upper Republican Basins High Priority TMDLs
Impairments from the 1998 303(d) list were carried over and combined with the 2002
303(d) list to identify fifteen stream impairments on six watersheds and two lake
impairments in the Upper Republican Basin.
Key:
DO: Dissolved oxygen
HUC: U.S. Geologic Survey Hydrologic Unit Code
In this basin there are two contamination sites for which the state has assumed
responsibility. All counties in the basin have adopted state approved
sanitary/environmental codes. Twenty-seven public water suppliers have conducted
source water assessments. All conservation districts in the basin have local nonpoint
source pollution management plans.
Kansas-Lower Republican Basin High Priority TMDLs
The protection and restoration of watersheds, particularly those watersheds above
public water supply reservoirs, is a priority in the Kansas-Lower Republican Basin.
Kansas-Lower Republican Basin Section 4 TMDLs for the Kansas-Lower Republican
Basin were submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency June 30, 1999. The
Table below provides information on rivers and lakes within the basin that are
designated as a high priority for TMDL implementation. Kansass 2004 Nonpoint Source Control Program Annual Report
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Key:
DO: Low dissolved oxygen in upper 3 meters of water column over deepest location in
water body
E: Eutrophication, biological community impacts and excessive nutrient/organic
loading. If applicable, the Eutrophication TMDLs are bundled with pH, aquatic plants,
and/or DO impairments. These impairments are all interrelated and effected by nutrient
loading.
FCB: Fecal Coliform Bacteria
HUC: U.S. Geologic Survey Hydrologic Unit Code
Nutr/BOD: Nitrogen and Phosphorus/Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Pest: Pesticides
TSS: Total Suspended Solids
Sed: Sediment
All counties within the basin have adopted local sanitary/environmental codes and
participate in the Local Environmental Protection Program.

Seven public water
suppliers were recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for participation in the five year atrazine monitoring program, which was
implemented in 2003.
Missouri Basin High Priority TMDLs
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