SouthPlatteComments27

• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Comments 27
• Date: 9/14/2004
• SWSI - Doc Type: Comments

John Wiener, Comments to SWSI, September 2004

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commercially managedi either. So, the change inland management, ditch ownership and
interests in the potentia! transfer of water and viabiHty of domestic well supplies are not what they
used to be.

This in turn means that some new uses are physically likely to be more vulnerable to drought,
being small wells that may be dependent on return flows for ground:water recharge, and also
economically less vulnerable j'f they are owned by wealthy enthusiasts for rural living. Local
outcomes may depend on how well these operations inte'grate with local commercial agriculture
and local water management. It is, in any caSH, unlikely that they wouJd be pleased to lose
investment value or th.e charms acquired due to re'gional water changes, and unlikely that they
would not wish to participate in decision-making. Earlier comments (Wiener November 2003 to
SWSI) have discussed the importance of water as an amenity for small towns seeking growth;
this is yet another wrinkle.

And, the changing nature of agriculture cannot be mentioned with noting also the shift to high-
intensity organics and directs sales, and the potential impacts of climate variation and change.
particularly in the Eastern Plains and intHrmountainWest (also described in November 2003
comments).

Figure 1: Housing
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(Tom Dickinson, C.U.
Center for American
West, and IBS Social
Sciences Data Analysis
Center) -- Note: map
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