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<br /> <br />3. Only projects and programs completed as of 1970 were <br /> <br /> <br />considered as existing. Projects authorized or underway <br /> <br /> <br />were considered in the planning process. <br /> <br /> <br />4. Transfer of water into or out of the Platte Basin was <br /> <br /> <br />not considered. Transfer of water from one subbasin to <br /> <br /> <br />another was considered. <br /> <br /> <br />5. Cost estimates of programs and projects were based on <br /> <br /> <br />1974 prices. Future operation, maintenance, and replace- <br /> <br /> <br />ment costs were also estimated at 1974 prices when required. <br /> <br /> <br />6. All existing legal constraints were recognized and <br /> <br /> <br />observed. Where changes or adjustments appeared to be <br /> <br /> <br />warranted, they were identified. <br /> <br /> <br />7. Future water development in Wyoming and Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />would be within the Court Decree on the North Platte <br /> <br /> <br />River and the Interstate Compact on the South PlatteiRiver. . <br /> <br /> <br />8. The evaluation of future conditions without a plan <br /> <br /> <br />assumed continuation of historic trends and programs now <br /> <br /> <br />in effect. <br /> <br /> <br />9. No major technological revolutions or breakthroughs <br /> <br /> <br />were considered. <br /> <br /> <br />10. Recreation and fish and wildlife demands were assumed <br /> <br /> <br />to be exerted uniformly in every direction from population <br /> <br /> <br />centers and were not limited to the subbasin of origin. In <br /> <br /> <br />any given direction, however, visitations declined the <br /> <br /> <br />farther one had to travel from the population center. <br /> <br /> <br />11. It was assumed that a market existed for any agricul- <br /> <br /> <br />tural product produced and that ground water irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />would continue where both suitable water supplies and lands <br /> <br /> <br />were coexistent. <br /> <br />1-8 <br />