S. 703 would authorize the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to assist the city of Wichita, Kansas, with implementing a local plan to recharge the groundwater of the Equus Beds Aquifer. The project consists of four phases and the city has completed phases I and II. The bill would authorize the BOR to assist the city with the final phases of the project over the next 10 years.
Based on information from the BOR, and assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost $30 million over the 2018-2022 period.
Enacting S. 703 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO also estimates that enacting the bill would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
S. 703 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
