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<br />002413 <br /> <br />SIX-STATE <br />HIGH PLAINS - OGALLALA AQUIFER <br />REGIONAL RESOURCES STUDY <br />WATER TRANSFER ELEMENT <br /> <br />RECONNAISSANCE STUDY <br />ALTERNATE ROUTE A <br />WATER TRANSFER FROM MISSOURI RIVER <br />TO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />This report presents the results of the Omaha District Corps of <br /> <br /> <br />Engineers' (Corps) study of water transfer for the "SiK-State High <br /> <br /> <br />Plains - Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study," (High Plains Study). <br /> <br />This report serves as both an engineering report and an environmental <br /> <br /> <br />assessment. Separate reports present the results of water transfer <br /> <br />studies conducted by the Corps' Kansas City, Tulsa, and Fort Worth <br /> <br /> <br />Districts. <br /> <br />STUDY AUTHORIZATION <br /> <br />The region underlain by the Ogallala Aquifer includes parts of six <br /> <br /> <br />states and extends from western Nebraska to the High Plains area of <br /> <br /> <br />west Texas and eastern New Mexico. Rapid expansion of ground water <br /> <br />irrigation began in this area after World War II. This region now <br /> <br />contains 20 percent of the Nation's irrigated land. Concern about <br />