Conservation Assistance for Water Users

Purpose

Since 1992, the Kansas Water Office has contracted with the Kansas Rural Water Association to fund a technical assistance program to public water system. The funding is a benefit of the Clean Drinking Water Fee.

The Technical Assistance to Water Users Program provides on-site technical assistance to municipalities (cities and rural water districts). The intent of the program is to improve the operations and maintenance of public water supply systems, as well as water conservation planning and emergency response, through on-site assistance.

Visit Kansas Rural Water Association's website for more information.

Current Updates

In FY25, the contract provided assistance to 139 cities and 70 rural water and public wholesale water supply districts and other systems. A total of 4,985.75 hours was spent delivering help to water systems under this contract. The Association conducted 154 water loss surveys in 78 different water systems (cities and RWDs), locating more than 297 million gallons of loss on an annual basis.