Permits and Engineering Unit

Plan Review and Permits

Minimum Design Standards

The Engineering and Permits Unit reviews and approves plans and specifications for drinking water projects for Kansas public water supply systems and issues permits for completed projects. Reviews are based on KDHE's minimum design standards entitled "Policies, General Considerations, and Design Requirements for Public Water Supply Systems in Kansas," 1995 edition as well as other generally recognized drinking water design standards. KDHE's minimum design standards are available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf).

Construction projects that will disturb one or more acres of land are required to secure, prior to the start of construction, authorization to discharge stormwater runoff under the construction stormwater general permit S-MCST-0110-1. Information regarding this authorization can be found on the Construction Stormwater Program web site.

Public Water Supply Permit Applications

The Engineering and Permits Unit issues permits for all public water supply systems. There are two types of public water supply permit applications. One is a permit application for modifications to an existing system. The other is a two part permit application for a new system which contains a technical, financial, and management capacity assessment in addition to the permit application. Permit applications for existing systems and new systems are available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf).

State Revolving Loan Fund

Public water supply systems may apply to the Kansas Public Water Supply Loan Fund (KPWSLF), also known as the State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF), for assistance in financing improvements to their systems. This Fund, which makes available low interest loans to water systems to help them finance improvements, is also administered by the Unit.

Related Files

• KDHE's minimum design standards entitled "Policies, General Considerations, and Design Requirements for Public Water Supply Systems in Kansas," 1995 edition
• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Reports, Plans and Specifications
• Chapter 3 General Facilities Considerations
• Chapter 4 Source Development
• Chapter 5 Design of Water Treatment Processes
• Chapter 6 Water Storage Tanks
• Chapter 7 Pumping Facilities
• Chapter 8 Distribution Systems
• Chapter 9 Chemical Storage, Handling, and Application
• Bibliography
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D



• Public Water Supply Permit Applications
• Existing System:
• permit application for modifications to an existing system
• New System:
• two part permit application for a new system