Kansas Statutes Chapter 65. Public Health § 65-161. Definitions

(a) “Waters of the state” means all streams and springs, and all bodies of surface and subsurface waters within the boundaries of the state;

(b) “discharge” means, when used without qualification, the causing or permitting of sewage to enter, either directly or indirectly, into waters of the state;

(c) “indirect discharge” means the introduction of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works from any nondomestic source; and

(d) “direct discharge” means the discharge of sewage into waters of the state.