"The Kansas Water Resources Board has undertaken the development of a state plan of water resources development in accordance with the responsibilities assigned to it by the state legislature. The 1951 floods, the drouths since that time as well as the progressive increases in water use over the past decade have served to emphasize the need for more definite knowledge of the hydrologic characteristics of the various basins in the state"--Introduction.

"All across the state Kansans are using their considerable water resources and curbing the problems which these same resources occasionally pose. This booklet is intended to provide a quick look at water in Kansas, with its problems and promises."--Page 1