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State and Federal Agencies

Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Bureau of Water (regulations for water & wastewater)
Operator Certification/Training Credit Checks (online database)
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources (water rights, dams)
Water Appropriation Program
Water Structures Program
DWR Appropriation Statutes and Regulations
DWR Structure Statutes and Regulations
DWR Forms
Kansas Water Office (Kansas' water planning agency)
Kansas Geological Survey (aquifer maps, well logs)
Kansas Department of Transportation (road projects, highway conditions)
United States Geological Survey (information & data on ground water, floods, water use)
USGS Water Resources of Kansas (water flow & levels of surface water and ground water, water quality)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (establishes regulations for laws Congress passes)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (includes Rural Development Agency)
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse (based at University of West Virginia)
National Rural Water Association (a federation of State Associations, based in Duncan, OK)
Other State Associations (check out what your peer associations are doing)
Rural Water Grassroots Environmental Protection Homepage (good site by NRWA's staff in Washington)
Kansas State University Extension Service (publications & videos)
Kansas Dept. of Commerce & Housing (Community Development Block Grants, KAN STEP)
GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board)

 

Legislators & Other State and Federal Information

All about the state of Kansas (this is the official website for the State of Kansas)
Kansas Government (Governor, legislators, agencies & associations)
Kansas State Government Phone Book (this is just plain excellent!)
Pooled Money Investment Board
U.S. Library Of Congress
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Search Federal Law
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
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Favorite Informational Sites

The High Plains Aquifer Information Network (provides information data and resources to the high plains aquifer) Kansas weather forecast by county (one of the most efficient weather sites created)
US Drought Monitor
IWIN: Interactive Weather Information Network (good info for those who want the latest storm watches)
How Stuff Works (from computers to jet back packs)
JenSharp.com (KRWA.net webmaster)
Frequenty asked questions about drinking water (what's in that water?)
People find (find a phone number and/or address)
Nemaha County (find historical photos & links and interesting facts)
Blue Skyways: www.skyways.org Shared information service for the Kansas library community  
Kansas on the Net not only maintains pages for dozens of communities, as well as every county, but also assists communities who have taken over maintenance, and facilitates corrections and updates.
"Where in Kansas is...?" indexes hundreds of Kansas place names, current and vanished, with links to community or county pages.
Kansas history, an online anthology of Kansas poetry, and a museum directory are also KOTN contributions.
The KS GenWeb Project is the online genealogy resource for all of Kansas, with sites for every county, a growing number of searchable documents, queries from and for researchers, and links to the affiliated US GenWeb Project.
Rain Barrel Guide instructions on determining how much water you use, how much you can collect from rain runoff, and clear instructions on setting up your own system.

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