WSP11691

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 4/1/1977
• Title: Technical Memorandum -- Activity 3 Phase II -- Specific Problem Analysis - 1975 National Assessment -- Arkansas-White-Red Region Part 2 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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c. South Arkansas River, Poncha Creek at Poncha Springs,
Colorado.

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d. Chalk Creek, St. Elmo to Arkansas River, Chaffee County.

9. USDA Cooperative River Basin Study, Arkansas River Basin,
Colorado. Scheduled for initiation in 1977, this study will coordi-
nate all the on-going programs, and develop a water management plan
for the basin, in cooperation with all levels of government and
the local interests.

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10. Pub lic
Administration.
Ogallala Aquifer
Area 3).

Law 94-587 - October 1976, Economic
A study of the groundwater problems
in the High Plains Region (includes

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Development
of the
Problem

Interrelationship of Problems:

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The on-going Section 208 Water Quality Management studies and
the flood control and flood prevention studies of the Corps of
Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service are for solving a
particular problem with secondary consideration being given to
related problema. The R.C.&D. programa of the Agriculture De-
partment are oriented primarily toward the problems of the
agricultural sector; however, they do consider all problems that
are approved for study by a Soil Conservation District. The
shortage of water is a major problem in ASA 1102 and the agri-
cultural on-going studies do stress the conservation of water,
but the programs are limited in scope. Resolution of water and
related land problems must be by a st~dy such as the proposed
USDA Cooperative River Basin Study by the Agricultural Department
which will weigh all issues basin-wide in problem solutions.

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Summary effects:

The agricultural and related manufacturing industry in ASA
1102 will be increased by about $79,691,000 annually by provid-
ing the supplemental supply of water needed to satisfy the water
requirements for irrigation. Provision of good quality of water
for domestic uses .will eliminate the estimated annual cost of
$1,560,000 for home water softeners and purifiers. Improvement
in the quality of the irrigation uses will increase crop produc-
tion to some unknown degree, and eliminate the problem of pre-
venting the soils from becoming barren by the accumulation of
salts. There are an estimated 1,327,000 activity days of recrea-
tion foregone annually if programs are not developed to alleviate
the problems.

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LOUISIANA

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No other areas in need of major planning studies were
identified.

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