News:

• GMD No. 1 requested that K.A.R. 5-21-7 be revoked.
• March 26, 2020 -GMD No. 1 filed request to initiate Wichita County LEMA

Helpful Links:

• Western Kansas GMD No. 1 

Western Kansas GMD No. 1

• Formed: 1973
• Office location: Scott City
• Counties/partial Counties: Wallace, Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane
• Square miles: 1,828 (2017 GIS data)
• Acres: 1,169,895 (2017 GIS data)
• Irrigated acres: 196,267 authorized (WRIS 2011-2015 average)
• Authorized acres: 465,567 (WRIS 2017)
• Wells: 3,206 authorized groundwater points of diversion (WRIS 2017)
• Average precipitation: 17 to 22 inches/year (1981-2012 normals)
• Reported water use: 197,844 AFY total (189,048 AFY irrigation, 96% of total) (WRIS 2011-2015 average)