82a-739. Installation of water flow measurement and data recording devices below Cedar Bluff reservoir; authorization of property owners; dissemination of data and report to legislative committees.
The Kansas water office shall purchase one water flow measurement device, and any required data recording device for use with such water flow measurement device, and shall provide for the permanent installation of such devices below the dam of the Cedar Bluff reservoir in accordance with this section. The water flow measurement device and any required data recording device shall be installed at a downstream, man-made channel or drop structure. Prior to installing any such water flow measurement device and any required data recording device, the Kansas water office shall obtain a written authorization from all owners of the property at the location where the water flow measurement device and any required data recording device are to be installed. All data collected by such water flow measurement device shall be made available to the general public electronically through the internet on a real time basis as it is collected and shall be reported to the senate committee on natural resources, the senate committee on ways and means subcommittee on the Kansas water office, the house committee on environment, and the house agriculture and natural resources budget committee during the 2007 regular session of the legislature.
History: L. 2006, ch. 198, § 2; July 1.