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<br /> <br />I-JNAL REPORT <br />WATER SUppLy AND' LANDS C01\P~lIT'fEE <br />Ceptral Platte Valley, Nebraska <br /> <br /> <br />This Committee WJ.S formed in May 1952 for the purpose of rcaching mutu.:tl agrccm<:nt <br /> <br />on the Wi\tf~r s'Jpply tl1at will prohably be available in the future in the Pb.tte River at Overton, Nc. <br /> <br />brask.'l. The group compdsed cngin,~crs of the BUreau o{ Rccbmation, Ncbra5ka Mid~St3te R.ed:.!.. <br /> <br />matioo Di~trict, CC~ltral Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, Plt.l.ttc VaHey Pllblic Power <br /> <br />and Irrigation Dit;trict, The Conscrviltion and Survey Division of the University of Nebr<ld-;3., :tnd <br /> <br />The Ncor<!:sk.:1 Dc:partrncnt of Roads and Irrigation. Rcprc.scnt,"ltiv~s of other Federal and St.:"tte i.l.gcn- <br /> <br />des '1150 fJ3rticip;~ted in the delibentions of the Committee. <br /> <br />At its first tnC'eting, the Committee cOrlcltlded that in order to determine the probable <br /> <br />future avaiJabJe water supply at O..'crton und~r existing water "'ppropriations it would be n(~cessi1.ry <br /> <br />to use dif!err;n~ itssnmptions than those used either in the Burc2.u's Lower Platte Basin Report or in <br /> <br />Mcycr'~ Mid-.Sul.te Report. According:!'{, it was agreed: <br /> <br />(it) "That a study shall be made of the unused surface .and groundwater !';upply at Overton <br /> <br />under conditions of development existir..g in 1951. 'This study shall take into consideration Witter sup- <br /> <br />ply conditions existing during the years 1931 to 1950, inclusive. <br /> <br />(b) "Tha.t a study shall also be made of the prob<1-ble development that mal reasonably be <br /> <br />anticipated under cxisti~g a.pprQP.riations. II <br /> <br />Both of these assignments have been accomplished to the general satisfaction of the Com-- <br /> <br />mittee members, using what they considered to be the logical ba.si.: a~sumptions upon which comprc- <br />, <br />mise agreement could be reached, but recognizing that the accuracy o{ We results is dependent upon <br /> <br />the validity of those basic assumptions. Those reviewing the studies should remember that these <br /> <br />conclusions cannot be eompal"cd directly with those of other engineering reports on the subject be- <br /> <br />cause of the use of di{[erent basic aS6lJmptions. <br /> <br />The Committee has considered existing land and water U!les and probable increases in <br /> <br />those USeS under c.xi:.iting rig-Us and appropriations. It has con!?id(~red the influr:r'.ce of geologic <br /> <br />fornutions and groundwat{:r levels, as revc;ded by the numerous test.porings and w.:,tcr lev~l obser- <br /> <br />vations mlJ.de by the eeological Survey, in coap<::r;~tion with the Nehra::;ka COl:"crv<itiQn and Survey <br /> <br />Division, and by the Public Power at:& Irrigation Di.stricts, on the recovery of present seepage lus., <br /> <br />&~S from r~servoirs and. c2nals. .It has considered the rcl..~tion of precipitation and eV3.poT:J.tion to <br /> <br />available stre",m flow during the last ZO years, the possi.ble effect of c_J.:!itioilal UfH;tream water USf:,S <br /> <br />on the flow entering Nebraska through tll€ N01.th Pl.::.tte and SQuth Platte .Rivers, and the effect of well <br /> <br />irrig<>.tion in intercepting grQlll1dwat('J: flow that would othery..iec appear in the Rivers. <br /> <br />Published rep0rts ot the rc'cordcd runoff at t11(' stream gaging stations U$CQ in the opera~ <br />tion studies upon which the I'c:;ults arc based are available for a.ll 01" pads of the 1931-1950 p~dQd. <br />For the E>tatiol1s where the records we.~c not a.vai1.;lble for ~11'; entire lO-year period, the missing J:'cc- <br />ortis were supplicd by cOl'rel<ltion with tllOse of l1cJ.~'by $L.~tions having: lon~-timc rccol'ds. Fo!.luwill.g <br />is a list of the principal river stations wbose records \vcre used in the. study ar..d the basis for ext..:n.- <br /> <br />sian of such records, if a.ny: <br /> <br />Nodh PlaUO:: Rivt:r at Martin, Nebraska: <br /> <br />Record availabl<2 for 19.34. throu,gh 1938; n:m,dn.dcr computed by correlation. with <br />rccord5 of N01.th P);ltte River neal' Oshkosh, Nebraska. . <br /> <br />North PI,:tUe Fiver .:.It Keystone, Nebraska: <br />Record available: J111y - Sept, 1939; May - Sept. 19.':0;. Jam!ary . M,l.Y i94J; <br /> <br />~ ':1.- <br />