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 New Window 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 New Window 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 New Window Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 website