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SPDSS Task 58 Memo <br />August 5, 2004 <br />Page 3 of 22 <br />APPROACH <br />The following steps were taken in the review/documentation of previous estimates of PCU in the <br />SPDSS study area: <br />• Perform online document searches and review using combinations of the following key <br />words: "evapotranspiration", "consumptive", "consumption", "crop", "Colorado" and <br />"Platte" through the following online document search engines. <br />o U.S. Geological Survey Publications athttp://usgspubs.~eorefor /d~ btw- <br />wpd/us~snsa.htm <br />o U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Publications at <br />https://ibrlibrary2.usbr. ~ov/WebOPAC/index. asp <br />o Colorado Water Resources Research Institute at the following link and various <br />sublinks (i.e. bibliography of documents related to ET at <br />http://cwrri. colostate. edu/pub s/ET%20Pub s. html) <br />http://cwrri. colostate. edu/pub s/publications. html <br />o Water Resources Papers at Colorado State University at <br />http://www. en~r. colostate. edu/ce/,grad/publications/water_hydrology. shtml <br />o Denver Public Library online catalog at http://catalo~.denver.lib.co.us/cgi- <br />bin/cw cgi?~etBasicTerms+29609 <br />o Other Colorado libraries from http://prospector.coalliance.or~/search/X <br />o General search engines at www.Goo lg e.com and www.mamma.com . <br />• Request and review a bibliography of documents related to evapotranspiration from the <br />Water Resource Center of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. <br />• Interview representatives of consulting engineers who are familiar with the application of <br />consumptive use methods in the Platte River Basin to learn of the methods to calculate <br />PCU commonly applied and documents containing any generalized or regionalized <br />estimates of PCU in the SPDSS study area. <br />o Leonard Rice Engineers -Les Botham <br />o W.W. Wheeler & Associates -Gary Thompson <br />o Tetratech RMC -Mark McLean <br />o Bishop-Brogden Associates -Mike Sayler <br />o Helton & Williamsen -Jim Slattery <br />o Spronk Water Engineers -Doug Clements <br />o Harris Water Engineers -Steve Harris <br />o Grand River Consulting -Kerry Sundeen <br />o Davis Engineering -Allen Davey <br />o Resource Engineering - Scott Phieffer <br />o Agro Engineering -Kirk Thompson <br />• Interview representatives of public agencies involved with application of consumptive <br />use methods in the Platte River Basin: <br />o Colorado State Engineer's Office (SEO) -Dick Wolfe, Craig Lis <br />o Colorado Division of Water Resources -Division Offices -Dave Nettles (Div. <br />1), Steve Kastner (Div. 2), Pat McDermott (Div. 3), Wayne Shieldt (Div. 4), Kyle <br />Whittaker (Div. 5), Bob Plaska (Div. 6), Bruce Whitehead and Ken Beegles (Div. <br />7) <br />