After over a year of drought recovery between 2024 and 2025, Cheney Lake in Kansas is finally 100% recovered, with current levels surpassing 1.5 feet above “full” levels, 12News KWCH reported.
The lake’s restoration is not only releasing water downstream of the North Fork Ninnescah River, which it feeds, but also bringing back residents’ favorite recreational activities.
As one of Wichita’s two main water supplies, Cheney Lake, or Cheney Reservoir, provides at least 60% of the city’s water, meeting residential, commercial, and agricultural water needs…