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<br />water supply--surface, ground, reclaimed--other than the Ogallala Aquifer, <br />for use within the High Plains by subregions". <br /> <br />After prel iminary studies by the individual states, only Nebraska and <br />Oklahoma elected to conduct full-scale analyses of intrastate transfer <br />options, based on prior state water plans, under Strategy Four. These state <br />studies were made independently of the analyses for Strategies One and Two <br />but may be compared to projected Basel ine conditions. The quantities of <br />water considered available for transfer were not constrained and there were <br />no acreage limitations placed upon their use within a state. <br /> <br />REGIONAL INTERSTATE IMPORTATION SUPPLY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY <br />MS-5 Augment oca water supplies wit major inter asin <br />trans ers of water possibly providing for expansion of irri- <br />gated acreages (conceptually adopts the idea of enhanced or <br />expanded irrigation in contrast with the original definition).* <br /> <br />The legislation authorizing the High Plains Study directed that con- <br />sideration be given to alternatives for providing ". .water supplies <br />. . ." including" . .transfer of water from adjacent areas". The Chief <br />of Engineers was to conduct this portion of the Study to" .assure the <br />continued economic growth and vitality of the region." <br /> <br />The studies of interstate, interbasin water transfers were conducted by <br />the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on behal f of the Chief of Engineers, in <br />cooperation with the General Contractor. <br /> <br />Understandably, the long-range impl ications of implementing Strategy <br />Five were of interest and concern to those states outside the Study area that <br />could be affected by such water exportations. The High Plains Study Council, <br />working with the General Contractor, was sensitive to these concerns. The <br />Counc il adopted Hi gh Pl a ins Study Counc i 1 Reso 1 uti on Number Si x on Janua ry <br />16, 1980, in order to clarify the intent of the studies of MS-5, and to <br />assure neighboring states of the Council's intent to pursue those studies in <br />the context of "friendly and equitable understanding". <br /> <br />* Later modification of Strategy Five restricted water importation to levels <br />sufficient only to restore lands for which ground water resources had been <br />exhausted in the Study period. <br /> <br />12 <br />