City of Ellsworth Water Applications

(First Published in the Ellsworth County Independent/
Reporter June 30, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE
File Nos. 49,424 and 49,510

The City of Ellsworth has filed Applications, File Nos. 49,424 and 49,510, for permit to appropriate water for beneficial use, with the Division of Water Resources, Kansas Department of Agriculture.  Application File No. 49,424 is requesting 104.79 million gallons of groundwater, and Application File Nos. 49,510 is requesting 162.9 million gallons of groundwater, for municipal use.  Both Files are requesting a diversion rate of 800 gallons per minute from a battery of four wells.  The geographic centers of the well batteries are located in the Northeast Quarter (NE ¼) of Section 29 and the Northwest Quarter (NW ¼) of Section 28, respectively, in Township 15 South, Range 8 West in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
Anyone with existing wells in the immediate vicinity of theses proposed points of diversion is invited to submit written comments regarding Applications, File Nos. 49,424 and 49,510.  Persons submitting comments should specifically indicate their interest in the proposed appropriations of water.  Comments regarding, these applications will be accepted through July 29, 2016.
Written comments or questions regarding the applications may be directed to the Office of the Chief Engineer, Division of Water Resources, Kansas Department of Agriculture, 1320 Research Park Drive, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.  If you wish more information concerning these applications, you may also contact Douglas Schemm, Environmental Scientist, in the Water Appropriation Program at 785-296-3495.
                
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