The city of dodge city is a municipality in southwest kansas

The City of Dodge City was awarded a $57,000,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The grant funding will support the city's Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) project, which aims to address critical water supply challenges in the region, including a rapidly depleting Ogallala Aquifer, degrading water quality, and limited surface water availability. The MAR project will treat 4.1 million gallons per day of wastewater and discharge it into the Arkansas Riverbed to recharge the Ogallala Aquifer and create additional groundwater resources for the city's existing wells. This project is expected to enhance the long-term sustainability of the region's water supply and support continued economic development in Dodge City.

The city is faced with a rapidly depleting source of water (the ogallala aquifer), degrading water quality, frequent and severe drought, no surface water availability, significant competition for existing groundwater resources, economic growth opportunities, and population growth. In an effort to promote groundwater sustainability and continued economic development, the city has concluded that wastewater reuse via managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the most viable solution to the water supply crisis. The MAR project will discharge treated wastewater effluent into the dry arkansas riverbed which will recharge the ogallala aquifer and create additional groundwater resources at existing city wells. Initially, the project will treat 4.1 million gallons per day (MGD) of wastewater for discharge into the arkansas riverbed.