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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 132
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-102
WICHITA PROJECT EQUUS BEDS DIVISION
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION ACT
JUNE 8, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 703]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 703) to extend the authority of the Secretary
of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita
Project, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 703 is to extend the authority of the Secretary
of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita
Project.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Water is supplied to the City of Wichita, Kansas from the Che-
ney Reservoir and the Equus Beds aquifer. The Cheney Reservoir
is impounded by the Cheney Dam, which Congress authorized in
1960 with the enactment of Public Law 86-787. The Cheney Dam
and Reservoir make up the Cheney Division of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation's Wichita Project. Artificial recharge of the Equus Beds
aquifer is needed to ensure the city can meet future water demand
during periods of prolonged drought.
To meet this demand, in 2006, Congress enacted the Wichita
Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-299), which amended Public Law 86-787. The amendment au-
thorized the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to enter into agreements
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