Voluntary Incentive Programs

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 point given to those willing to enter the Water Rights Conservation Program for ten years
• Applications can be taken at the Natural Resourcs 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

Water Transition Assistance Program

• Voluntary program designed to help restore aquifers and streams in critical areas 
• Permanent dismissal of water right
• Land is available for dryland farming
• Monetary compensation is based on the amount of Historic Consumptive Water Use available under the water right
• For more information, please visit the Water Transition Assistance Program website