Water Use

This analysis includes irrigation, industrial, recreation, domestic, stock and municipal water rights.  The rights are broken into vested rights and appropriation rights.

Upper Solomon

The average water use from 1988-2008 was 145,000 acre-feet.

Type Source Number of Rights Authorized Quantity
Vested Surface 4 559
Appropriated   Surface 16 897
Vested Groundwater   19 1,000
Appropriated Groundwater 1,145 258,841

Upper Solomon Water Use

Lower Solomon

The average water use from 1988-2008 was 19,386 acre-feet.

Type Source Number of Rights Authorized Quantity
Vested Surface 17 1,047
Appropriated Surface 137 59,911
Vested Groundwater 17 876
Appropriated Groundwater 299 23,499

Lower Solomon Water Use

Mainstem Solomon

The average water use from 1988-2008 was 15,136 acre-feet.

Type Source Number of Rights Authorized Quantity
Vested Surface 9 867
Appropriated Surface 123 27,750
Vested Groundwater 8 598
Appropriated Groundwater 163 13,322

Mainstem Solomon Water Use

The Points of Diversion map includes some surface water rights that are used for watershed dams and account for evaporation.

Kansas Department of Agriculture