No environmental problem is more crucial for Kansas than water quality, and its protection remains a primary focus of the state's environmental efforts, which include active regulatory and remedial programs for both surface and groundwater sources. Maintenance of air quality is also a primary effort, and the state works actively with the business community to promote pollution prevention.
Strip mining for coal is decreasing in southeast Kansas, and the restoration of resources damaged by previous activities is ongoing.
The state has sufficient capacity for handling solid waste, although the total number of solid waste facilities has decreased in recent years. In 2003, Kansas had 307 hazardous waste sites listed in the Environmental Protection Agency's database, 10 of which were on the National Priorities List. In 2001, Kansas received $38,968,000 in federal grants from the Environmental Protection Agency; EPA expenditures for procurement contracts in Kansas that year amounted to $26,710,000.