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x I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I o A demand reduction strategy which assumes Strategy One pol icies and programs, and in addition projects further water demand reduction by mandatory programs of a regulatory nature to control water use. (Management Strategy Two) o A supply enhancement strategy to add local water supply augmen- tat i on actions to demand reduct i on efforts. These act ions could include local practices such as cloud-seeding, local storage, ground water recharge, desalination, and snowpack and vegetation management. (Management Strategy Three) o A strategy of intra-state surface water interbasin transfers, importing water into the High Plains Region in accordance with State Water Plans of the six High Plains states. (Management Strategy Four) o A strategy of interstate surface water transfers, importing water from sources in areas adjacent to the Ogallala Region by means of large scale federal-state or federal projects to restore and maintain irrigation of the acreage that would have reverted to dryl and farmi ng by 2020 under Strategy One or Two. (Management Strategy Five) The institutional segment of this study was described in the original work plan, published in January 1979 as follows: "The primary purpose of Element 8-6 is to explore the institu- tional and legal ramifications of ensuring a water supply suf- ficient to meet future water demands in the High Plains area. 1nterbasin transfer of water and certain unconventional water supply alternatives in particular, may be difficult to imple- ment for institutional and legal reasons. Element 8-6 will provide an assessment of the abil ity of existing institutions to implement water supply plans and modifications to existing