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K.S.A. § 82a-702 (2026)

Dedication of use of water

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82a-702. Dedication of use of water. All water within the state of Kansas is hereby dedicated to the use of the people of the state, subject to the control and regulation of the state in the manner herein prescribed.

History: L. 1945, ch. 390, § 2; June 28.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1981–2015 · leading case: Wheatland Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Polansky, 265 P.3d 1194 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011).
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Wheatland Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Polansky, 265 P.3d 1194 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “See K.S.A. 82a-702. The Kansas Supreme Court found that this principle was an appropriate one for the legislature to apply because “[individuals do not five alone in isolated areas where they, at their will, can assert all of their individual rights without regai-d to the effect…”
Hawley v. Kansas Dep't of Agric., 132 P.3d 870 (Kan. 2006). “See K.S.A. 82a-702; 43 Kan. L. Rev. 801, 805; cf.”
Shipe v. Pub. Wholesale Water Supply Dist. No. 25, 210 P.3d 105 (Kan. 2009). “In addition, the KWAA dedicates water resources to the use of the public, prohibits water rights in excess of the reasonable needs of the appropriators, and subjects water rights to the principle of beneficial use.”
F. Arthur Stone & Sons v. Gibson, 630 P.2d 1164 (Kan. 1981). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 82a-702 states: "All water within the state of Kansas is hereby dedicated to the use of the people of the state, subject to the control and regulation of the state in the manner herein prescribed.”
Cessna Aircraft Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 900 F. Supp. 1489 (D. Kan. 1995). “65-161(a) (“waters of the state” defined as all streams and springs, and all bodies of surface and subsurface waters within the boundaries of the state); K.S.A. 82a-702 (water within state of Kansas dedicated to the use of the people of the state and subject to control and…”
State Ex Rel. Meek v. Hays, 785 P.2d 1356 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 2× “” The State analogizes the Montana constitutional provision with K.S.A. 82a-702, which provides: “Dedication of use of water.”
Hellebust v. Brownback, 824 F. Supp. 1511 (D. Kan. 1993). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. § 82a-702 (1989); K.S.A. § 82a-701(e, f & g) (1989).”
Garetson Bros. v. Am. Warrior, Inc., 347 P.3d 687 (Kan. Ct. App. 2015). “K.S.A. 82a-702. Moreover, the KWAA authorizes the appropriation of the water for beneficial use, subject to vested rights.”
Frick Farm Props., L.P. v. State, Dep't of Agric., 190 P.3d 983 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008). “K.S.A. 82a-702. All appropriations of water must be for a beneficial use.”
Nelson v. State, Dept. of Agric., 242 P.3d 1259 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “K.S.A. 82a-702; Frick Farm Properties, 289 Kan.”
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