Reconnaissance-Level Water Action Plan

• Description: for the Governance Committee of the Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/14/2000
• Author: Boyle Engineering Corporation in association with BBC Research & Consulting andAnderson Consulting Engineers
• Title: Platte River Research Cooperative Agreement Reconnaissance-Level Water Action Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Table of Contents
List of Tables
Page No.
Table II -1 Water Action Plan Projects ...................................................................................... ............................... .
Table III -1 Re- regulating Reservoir Costs ..................... ............................... ........ ...............................
TableIII -2 Leasing Program ....................................................................................................... .............................17
Table III -3 Reductions in Diversions from the North Platte, South Platte and Platte Rivers (ac -ft)
....................... 178
Table
III -4 Reductions in the Amount Delivered On -Farm ( ac- ft) ....................................... ...............................
Table III -5 Reductions in Consumptive Use (ac -ft) ................................................................... .............................18
21
Table III -6 Leasing Program — Annual Costs ........................................................................... ............
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Table III -7 Conservation Cropping Program ............................................................................ ...............................
Table III -8 Conservation Cropping - Reductions in Diversions from the Platte River ( ac- ft) .. ...............................
25
25
Table III -9 Conservation Cropping - Reductions in the Amount Delivered On -Farm (ac -ft) .. ...............................
26
Table III -10 Conservation Cropping — Reductions in Consumptive Use (ac -ft) ...................... ...............................
26
Table III -11 Deficit Irrigation Program .................................................................................... ...............................
Table III -12 Deficit Irrigation - Reductions in Diversions from the Platte River ( ac- ft) .......... ...............................
27
Table III -13 Deficit Irrigation - Reductions in the Amount Delivered On -Farm (ac -ft) ...........................
28
Table III -14 Deficit Irrigation — Reductions in Consumptive Use (ac -ft) ................................ ...............................
28
Table III -15 Land Fallowing Program ...................................................................................... ...............................
Table III -16 Land Fallowing - Reductions in Diversions from the North, South and Platte Rivers (ac- ft) ............. 29
29
Table III -17 Land Fallowing - Reductions in the Amount Delivered On -Farm (ac -ft) ............ ...............................
30
Table III -18 Land Fallowing — Reductions in Consumptive Use (ac -ft) .................................. ...............................
30
Table III -19 Changes in Irrigation Techniques ......................................................................... ...............................
Table III -20 Changes in Irrigation Techniques - Reductions in Diversions from the Platte River (ac- ft) ............... 31
Table III -21 Changes in Irrigation Techniques - Reductions in the Amount Delivered On -Farm (ac -ft) .... ....
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Table III -22 Groundwater Management Yield to the Platte River
Table III -23 Lost Creek/North Dry Creek Cutoff — Net Yield to the Platte River ........
44
45
Table III -24 Lost Creek/Ft. Kearny IPA Cutoff — Net Yield to the Platte River (ac -ft) ........... ...............................
Table III -25 Cost of Lost- Creek/Fort Kearny IPA Cutoff Project ..............
Table III -26 Gothenburg Canal — Diversions from the Platte River (ac-ft) .............................................................
50
50
Table III -27 Gothenburg Canal — Unlagged Seepage (ac -ft) .................................................. .............................""
Table III -28 Gothenburg. Canal — Net Yield to the Platte River (ac -ft) .................................... ...............................
51
51.
Table III -29 Dawson Canal — Diversions from the Platte River (ac -ft) .................................... ...............................
52
Table III -30 Dawson Canal — Unlagged Seepage (ac -ft) .......................................................... ...............................
Table III -31 Dawson Canal — Net Yield to the Platte River (ac -ft) ......... ...............................
57
Table III -32 Re -timed Releases from Lake McConau g h y ........................................................ ...............................
ft) ...............................
59
Table III -33 Hydropower Interference Storage at End -of -Month ( ac- ..................................
.60
Table III -34 Hydropower Generation (MWH) (ac -ft) .............................................................. ...............................
60
Table III -35 Entergy Prices for Energy ($ /MWH) ( ac- ft) ....................................................... ...............................
60
Table III -36 Hydropower Costs ($) (ac -ft) ............................................................. ...............................
Table III -37 Pathfinder Municipal Account — Yield to the North Platte River ........................ ...............................
65
Table III -3 8 Glendo Reservoir — Yield to the North Platte River ............................................. ...............................
75
TableIII -39 Leasing Program ................................................................................................... ...............................
Table III-40 Reductions in Diversions from the North Platte River (ac -ft)
76
Table III -41 Reductions in the Amount Delivered On -Farm ( ac- ft) ......................................... ...............................
76
Table III -42 Reductions in Consumptive Use (ac -ft) ............................................................... ...............................
Table III-43 Temporary Water Leasing Program — Annual Costs .............
Net Yield to the North Platte River (ac -ft) ......................... ..............................
. 82
Table III -44 La Prele Reservoir —
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