Watershed Management Section
Jaime Gaggero,
Section Chief
PHONE: (785) 296-4195; FAX: (785) 296-5509
1000 SW Jackson St, Ste 420
Topeka, KS
66612-1367
Kansas Nonpoint Source Pollution
June 2013
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6/4 -- WRAPS Work Group Meeting
July 2013
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7/23 -- WRAPS Work Group Meeting
August 2013
September 2013
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9/24 -- WRAPS Work Group Meeting
October 2013
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9/24 -- WRAPS Work Group Meeting
November 2013
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11/26 -- WRAPS Work Group Meeting
December 2013
Project Success: Dragoon Creek Watershed
Agricultural runoff from grassland and cropland led to sediment and nutrient loading, which contributed to decreased dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in the Dragoon Creek watershed. As a result, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) added four streams in the watershed to the state’s 1998 Clean Water Act (CWA) section 303(d) list of impaired waters for low levels of DO. Watershed partners, including local, state and federal agencies as well as numerous landowners, implemented agricultural best management practices (BMPs) that reduced pollution. Data show that the four stream segments (Dragoon, Batch, Plum and Smith creeks—totaling 76.3 miles) now meet the state’s DO water quality standard, prompting KDHE to remove them from the state’s 2012 list of impaired waters for DO. For more information on the Dragoon Creek Watershed success story please see the document below.
Cooperative Watershed Management Improves Dissolved Oxygen Levels in the Dragoon Creek Watershed
Project Success: Eagle Creek
Nonpoint source pollution from grazing land and cropland affected water quality in the Eagle Creek watershed, prompting the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to add the stream to the state’s 1998 Clean Water Act (CWA) section 303(d) list of impaired waters for low levels of dissolved oxygen (DO). The Coffey County Conservation District developed a Kansas Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) for Eagle Creek, which guided implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) throughout the watershed. Stream monitoring data collected between 2000 and 2011 show that Eagle Creek now meets the DO criteria required to protect the aquatic life support designated use. As a result, KDHE has removed one segment in the Eagle Creek watershed from the state’s 2012 list of impaired waters for the DO impairment. For more information on the Dragoon Creek Watershed success story please see the document below.
Cooperative Watershed Management Improves Dissolved Oxygen Levels in the Eagle Creek
The Watershed Management Section implements Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, coordinating programs designed to eliminate or minimize pollution that does not come from the end of a pipe. The section develops and reviews strategies, management plans, local environmental protection plans, and county environmental codes intended to control nonpoint source pollution.
Local Environmental Protection Program (LEPP)
Kansas Source Water Planning Program (SWPP)
Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS)
Section 401 Water Quality Certification
Watershed Management Section Projects
Grant Application/Grant Management Information
Watershed Assessments and Reports
Planning, Management, & Reports
Water Quality Information and Resources
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