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


News & Announcements

Kansas Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plan |

Kansas Nonpoint Source Pollution |

Management Plan |

Important Dates

June 2013

  • 6/4 --  WRAPS Work Group Meeting

July 2013

  • 7/23 --  WRAPS Work Group Meeting

August 2013

September 2013

  • 9/24 --  WRAPS Work Group Meeting

October 2013

  • 9/24 --  WRAPS Work Group Meeting

November 2013

  • 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

 


Purpose of the Section

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.



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