Kansas Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) -
Ground and Surface Water Conservation (GSWC)

Overview

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the 2002 Farm Bill) authorizes the GSWC provision of the EQIP.

Water savings can occur by:

• Converting to a less water intensive cropping system or nonirrigated land use.
• Improving irrigation systems.
• Enhancing irrigation efficiencies.
• Improving water storage through water banking and groundwater recharge.
• Including other practices that improve groundwater or surface water conservation, as deemed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary.

These funds can be provided through cost-share and incentive payments.

Information for Kansas

• Kansas EQIP: The Irrigation Self-Assessment Worksheet for Fiscal Year 2007 must be completed and returned to the NRCS office by application period cutoff date. The Self-Assessment Worksheet is available from your local NRCS office or on the Kansas NRCS Web site.
• Cost-share and incentive payments are only eligible on land that has been irrigated at least two of the past five years.
• Incentive payment for conversion of irrigated cropland to nonirrigated cropland or to nonirrigated permanent cover is available.
• All irrigated land that receives cost-share or incentive payments is required to apply irrigation water management and water measuring devices.
• Producers must stay within the certified rate and amount of existing water right.
• Cost share for conversion from surface irrigation to subsurface drip irrigation will be $125 per irrigated acre.
• Cost share for conversion from surface or water drive irrigation to sprinkler irrigation will be 40 percent of the NRCS average cost.
• No end guns or similar appurtenances will be used on center pivots for the lifespan of the system.
• Well modifications, pumping units, and power facilities for irrigation systems are not eligible for cost share.
• Cost share is not eligible for a sprinkler system to replace existing sprinkler systems.

Where can producers access information about the EQIP?

Additional information can be found on the Kansas NRCS web site. Again, the best thing for producers to do is visit their local USDA Service Center and talk to the NRCS or conservation district office staff. They will be able to assist producers wanting to address local natural resource concerns. Agriculture in Kansas, north to south and east to west, is diversified.

The NRCS is listed in the telephone book under U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The information on this page may also be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format.

Fact Sheet - EQIP Ground and Surface Water Conservation (38 KB)

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Last Modified: 11/16/2006