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Equus Beds Division Acquifer Storage Recharge

Program Information

Popular name

Equus Beds Aquifer Storage Recharge Project

Program Number

15.539

Program objective

To design and construct the City of Wichita’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery project to divert flood flows from the Little Arkansas River into the Equus Beds Aquifer in order to recover depleted storage and protect the Aquifer.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Information not available. Completed construction of Phase IIb components - Northern Diagonal Transmission Main and 72nd Street Transmission Main. Design of Bid Packages D1 Golden Prairie Transmission Main and E1 Surge Tanks are complete.

  2. 2018

    Information not available.

  3. 2019

    Phase II is complete. It included the construction of 21 Recharge/Recovery wells and associated infrastructure

  4. 2021

    Reclamation executed an agreement with the City of Wichita for the design and construction to implement the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Component which is a part of the ‘Integrated Local Water Supply Plan, Wichita, Kansas’

  5. 2022

    Reclamation will modify the agreement to obligate additional funds and continue to work cooperatively with the City of Wichita, Kansas, to use, to the extent possible, plans, designs, and engineering and environmental analyses that have already been prepared by the City to implement the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Component.

  6. 2023

    Reclamation will enter into a new agreement to reimburse work that was completed between 2008 and 2016 but recipient was not reimbursed full federal cost-share.

  7. 2024

    Additional funds provided for reimbursement work to meet federal share obligations for project. Funds were used for pipeline, powerline, recovery wells, and scada implementation.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below.

  1. Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-299, Oct 5, 2006), as amended by Public Law 116-9 (March 12, 2019).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)

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