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<br />UJ21,1G <br /> <br />1['r16a[10n for approximately 7 to 14 million acres of land along the <br />canal coute. Con~ideraole pu~ping energy, approximately 35 billion <br />Idlo""att-hours (kWh) .lnnudlly, would be re'luired, but -'is much as 3.SUO <br />to 5,300 megawatts (~W) of peaking capacity (pumped storage) could be <br />developed along the route. <br /> <br />the ':ebraska F'ramework Study contdined thr~e conceptual water <br />transfer' schemes within ~ebrask,l. these transfer schemes ,:ire show, in <br />figures 2. 1, and 4, The schemes {'wolve the gravity trdnsfer of <br />surplus water frol'll the ~lobrara and Loup River b.lsins in northern <br />:~ebrdska to the IJater deficient R:epubllca.n, Big Blue. and Little Blue <br />Riv~r basins in SOuthern ~ebraska. Up to 900,000 ~cre-feet annually <br />(Ar") could be transferred within th", State of ~ebr.tska with these <br />concepts. ~o designs or cost estimates were prepared. <br /> <br />The ~eview Report for ~etropolitan Ooaha, ~ebraska--Council <br />Bluffs, Iowa, evaluated several alternat lve plans for land application <br />of thl' Omaha metropolitan area's secondary trC;ltment plant effluent in <br />the Big Blue River basin. The selected plan involved pum~ing up to <br />155,000 AFA froo Omaha to an ared dbout 65 miles west for application <br />to a6ricultural land. <br /> <br />A5 <br />