S10_11-15-04

• Basin: Statewide
• Title: SWSI Phase 1 Report - Section 10 Basin-Specific Options
• Date: 11/15/2004
• Author: CWCB
• SWSI - Doc Type: Final Report

Section 10
Basin-Specific Options
10.1.7.4 North Platte Basin Summary of
Restricted Reservoirs and Potential Storage Sites
One restricted reservoir exists in the North Platte Basin
and is listed in Table 10-15. The reservoir, located in
Water District 48, is the Johnson Dam, which has an
improper freeboard and erosion and seepage problems.
This site loses 68 AF of storage due to these problems.
Figure 10-19 shows the locations of potential damsites
identified by the CWCB in the North Platte Basin, along
with the conditional storage rights locations. Different
colored circles are used to represent the total volume of
conditional rights that each location holds. Potential
damsites are classified by total potential storage.
Coalmont is a viable future site, but the conditional water
right for this reservoir was cancelled by the Water Court
in 2001. Hyannis Reservoir was discussed at the Basin
Roundtable Technical Meeting as a possible project as
there were two conditional decrees for this reservoir site.
The original was for 2,123 AF with a conditional
enlargement for 737 AF. Both of these conditional rights
were cancelled by the Water Court in 2001, when the
applicant indicated they no longer wished to pursue
diligence (Plaska 2004).
Table 10-15 Restricted Damsite Inventorv in the North Platte Basin
480101 48 Johnson 4.0 Crest (3.0 Eros on U/S face, Improper FB., 0 7/18/1994 68
Crest Irr. Season) Seep/D/S Toe
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