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Use Attainability Analyses (UAAs)

2001

A use attainability analysis (UAA) is a structured scientific assessment of the factors affecting the attainment of a designated use in a specified water body. Protocols for conducting UAAs in Kansas maybe found at http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/befs/uaas/UAAGuidance.pdf. The UAAs conducted in 2001 utilized the expedited stream recreational use UAA protocol.

This website was created to provide information to the public regarding the findings of UAAs conducted during 2001. A collection of pictures and field notes taken by Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) personnel with an accompanying report are presented at this site. KDHE is presenting these UAAS to give the public an opportunity to review and comment on the designated uses in the Kansas Surface Water Register, May 23, 2002, which is proposed for adoption by reference in K.A.R. 28-16-28d(d)(2). The 60-day public comment period ends August 19, 2002.

In order to view the pictures and field notes, choose either streams or lakes, and click on word. Streams: A map of Kansas will come up and you can click on the subbasin where the stream segment is located. This in turn will bring up the subbasin (Hydrologic Unit Code 8, HUC8). Next, click on the particular stream segment number that you want the information about. Or you can go to the table below the map and click on the name of the stream. Lakes: A map of Kansas will come up and you can click on the lake site represented by a red dot or go to the list below the map and click on the name of the lake.