7748

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7748
• Author: Western Water Consultants, I.
• Title: Final Report on Little Snake River Depletions by Pot Hook, Three Fork and Powder Wash Rights.
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: Laramie, WY.
• Copyright Material: NO

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LITTLE SNAKE RIVER DEPLETION STUDY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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CHAPTER
3.0 PROJECT CONFIGURATIONS FOR WIRSOS MODELING . . . 21
3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 Project Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2.1 Pot Hook Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2.2 Powder Wash Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2.3 P&M Coal Mining Company Project . . . . . . . . 30
3.3 Modeling Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.3.1 Scenarios No. 1, 1A and 113 . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.3.2 Scenario No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.3.3 Scenario No. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.3.4 Scenario No. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.3.5 Scenario No. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.0 WIRSOS MODELING RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.1 Scenario No. 1 Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.2 Scenario No. 2 Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.3 Scenario No. 3 Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.4 Scenario No. 4 Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.5 Scenario No. 5 Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.6 Summary of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX
A Subject Water Rights Decrees and Applications
B Tabulation of Water Rights Used in the Sandstone Depletion Study
C Reservoir Area-Capacity Relationships
D WIRSOS Modeling Results
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