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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I "r, it- or ,..,. fW I .~' ',~' .'__ ::~ '.: '1 I NTRODUCTl ON The institutional setting for the management of the resources of a state is dynamic; constantly being refined legislatively; changed to fit the con- cepts of a new administration, or to meet the demands of a state or federal court. Such is surely the case in six states of the High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study. The overall study out1 i ned si x water management or development strate- gies and provided detailed assessments of those strategies as to their effect on the economic health of the study region. In this way private and govern- ment officials might have a basis on which to make important decisions on maintaining the economic viability of the Region. This report is one of the series of study elements prepared as a por- tion of the above mentioned studies. Its purpose generally is to outline natural resources of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tex.as over that area of those states overlying the Ogallala Aquifer (Figure 1), with speci a1 consi deration to the water-re1 ated governmental organi za- tions. Further, it is to provide an evaluation of the changes necessary to implement any of the five strategies that required changes. Generally the six alternative water strategies considered were: o A "Basel ine" trend projection of current pol icies and programs, and currently available water conservation and use technology and practices already in use, with no new purposeful public policy to intervene with new action programs for altering the course of irrigation water consumption. (the Baseline) o A demand reduction strategy which would stimulate voluntary acti on to reduce water demands through research, educati on, demonstration programs and incentives, using technology and practices either not considered in the Baseline analysis or reflected at rates which would be purposefully accelerated. (Management Strategy One) ix