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Voluntary Incentive Programs
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
- Voluntary program for enrollment of irrigated acres for 14-15 year contracts
- Permanent dismissal of water right
- Landowners receive annual irrigated rental and maintenance payments
- Land must be seeded to grass during the contract period, no dryland farming
- For more information, please visit the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program website
Natural Resources Conservation Service -- Environmental Quality Incentives Program -- Ground and Surface Water Program-Quick Response Area
- Voluntary program with a contract for four years, three years of payments
- Additional incentives offered to water rights located within the targeted area
- Conversion to dryland farming
- Additional points given to those willing to enter the Water Rights Conservation Program for ten years
- Applications can be taken at the Natural Resources Conservation Service centers
- For more information, please visit the Environmental Quality Incentives Program website
Central Kansas Water Banking Association
- Voluntary program available in the Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5
- Water is deposited in the bank and leased out but with a ten percent consumptive use savings
- For more information, please visit the Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 website