Water Management Study: Phase 1 Report

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Table 2-1 Interview Participants Interview Prima To ics Mark Butler and Don Anderson Yield of water supply projects, Environmental U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Account Management, Ramping rates for water deliveries Jeff Runge Associated costs related to Program water U.S. Fish and Wldlife Service delive , sensitivi of ram in rates Don Kraus, Mike Drain, and Cory Steinke District's system, Environmental Account in CNPPID Lake McConaughy, potential solutions, travel times and losses Brian Barels District's system, including physical NPPD constraints and otential liabilities Jon Altenhofen Northern Colorado Water Conservation Tamarack Projects, South Platte River District Mike Purcell WMS Objectives, Pathfinder Modification State of Wyoming Pro'ect, omin Pro'ects John Lawson, Lyle Myler Pathfinder Modification Project, Wyoming USBR deliveries Ann Bleed Conveyance losses, Nebraska water Nebraska Department of Natural Resources administration Duane Woodward Central Platte Natural Resources District Central Platte hydrology A summary of the discussion was prepared following each interview. These summaries were provided to the participant for review and comment. These interviews and summaries acted as a basis for the development of the tools and analysis in Phase I and phase II of the WMS. These summaries are provided in Appendix 1. The interviews were beneficial in helping to frame the main issues related to the Program's goal of providing the target flows to the critical habitat. These main points include: • The primary objective of the WMS is to characterize to what extent releases from Lake McConaughy or other supplies will reach the critical habitat and the total volume necessary. This goal focuses much of the analysis on moving E0wLE Page 4 of 58 January 29, 2008 PRRIP - Draft Water Management Study, Phase I