Comments on Nebraska's Estimated Stream Depletion

• File Number: 8420.500
• Description: South Platte River Basin Task Force
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/3/2007
• Author: Don Anderson
• Title: Comments on Nebraska's Estimated Stream Depletion
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Correspondence

In addition, for purposes of assessing corresponding State of Nebraska obligations under
the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, it would be helpful to have this
information taken a step further to quantify depletions:
1. For the 1998-2020 period only (i.e., through the end of the estimated end of the
first increment);
2. Affecting the Platte River at Grand Island (where Program target flows are
defined);
3. Adjusted for conveyance losses and foregone diversions that would have reduced
the total depletion at Grand Island (assuming this is not already factored into
Nebraska's above estimates?); and
4. Adjusted to back out depletions that would not cause additional shortages to
"state-protected flows" or to USFWS target flows, and therefore would not need
to be offset for Program purposes.
Nebraska Est Depletions 1997-2005 DMA comments.doc
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