WSP12881

• File Number: 8460.500
• Description: Platte River 3-States Cooperative Endangered Species Program
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 7/1/1999
• Author: 3-States
• Title: Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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new depletions if a Program is initiated; and assessing the effectiveness of then
current instream flow appropriations in proteCting existing flow conditions.

Colorado will continue to develop means, if such are necessarY, for protecting
Program water deliveries -to the Colorado-Nebraska state line and, as
appropriate, the Colorado-Wyoming state line.

Colorado will continue to monitor population increase and collect other related
water use information in the South Platte River Basin in Colorado and report
such information to the Governance Committee (in accordance with Att. m,
App. A, Tab 3B).

Colorado will initiate processes ~sary to develop reregulation projects
within Colorado as ~ssary to shift Water flows from periods of net accretion
to periods of net depletion (in accordaDce with Au. m, App. A, Tab 3B).

If Colorado elects to include new water related activities in the North PIaac
River Basin in Colorado in the Program, Colorado will complete a proposal to
mitigate the.net depletive effects of such DeW water related activities in
accordance with the option elected pursuaDt.to Milestone Wll-l, including the
protection of water deliveries to the Colorado-Wyoming, Colorado-Nebraska, or
Wyoming-Nebraska state 1iDc, as IppIopdate.

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Wyoming wi1l,coDtUnae to develop ml!SInc, if such are necessary, for prot~
Program water deliveries.to the Wyoming-Nebraska state liDe.

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..Wyoming will cominue to develop tneUS for protecting existing flow conditions
'by: , continnft,g to monitor. and annnaUy report on DeW water and related
activities in the Platte River Basin in Wyoming within its borders; and
continning to analyze means of o~ such depletions if the Program is
implemem.ed.

The Governance Committee (or the Water Management Committee if so
desipted) will complete the -Trac~1 Accounting Procedure" descnDed in
Milestone Wl4-l. The Committee will also take Steps as necessary to ensure
consistency, as appropriate in light of Att. m, App. A, Tabs 1,2 and 3, in the
application of the information, data, and methodologies in all relevant aspects of
Program development and implementation, including the Water
Conservation/Supply Reconnaissance Study and various actions by each state to
provide and a~unt for water to meet Program goals.

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