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• Year: 2002
• Title: North Platte River Basin Water Use, Growth & Water Demand Projections
• Author: CWCB
• Description: North Platte River Basin Water Use, Growth & Water Demand Projections Fact Sheet
• Publications - Doc Type: Basin Fact Sheets

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To view graphs of water uses of the individual basins
within the North Platte Basin, click on one of the
basins below;
North Platte River
Laramie River
A Breakdown of Uses within the
North Platte Basin.
2030 North Platte Basin Consumptive Uses
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Supreme Court Decisions:
Nebraska v. Wyoming. 325 U.S. 665 (1945) & 345 U.S. 981(1953) - This decision limits total irrigation in Jackson County to 145,000 acres
and 17,000 acre feet of storage for irrigation during any one irrigation season. It limits total water exports from the North Platte in Colorado to
no more than 60,000 acre feet during any 10-year period.
Wyoming v. Colorado, 353 U.S. 953 (195'~ - This decision limits total diversion from the Laramie River in Colorado to a total of 49,375 acre
feetlyear. No more than 19,875 AF/year may be diverted for use outside the basin, and no more than 29,500 AFlyear may be diverted for use
References
l. Colorado Water Develo~ment Study, Colorado Farm Bureau,1997
2. Preliminary Po~ulation Pro'ec~ tions, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, 2001
3. Cumulative Yearly Statistics, Colorado Division of Water Resources, 2000
4. Personal Communication, Bob Plaska, Division 6 Engineer, January 2, 2002
5. Interstate Com~acts, U. S. Su~reme Court Decrees and International Treaties Affectin~ Colorado's Use of Water, Colorado Water
Conservation Board,1995
6. North Platte River Basin Facts, CWCB, January 2000
7. Colorado A~ricultural Census, National Agricultural Statistics Service, June 2001
8. Estimated Water Use in the United States, USGS,1980,1990,1995
9. Senate Joint Resolution 94-32 Concernin~ the Mana~ement, Conservation, and Preservation of the Water Resources of the State of
Colorado, Department of Natural Resources,1995
~, For more information on this basin please ~isit http:llcwcb.state.co.us ~