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-, COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Department of Natural Resources 823 State Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver; Colorado 80203 Phone, (303l 666-3441 STATE OF COLORADO - M E M 0 RAN DUM Richard D. Lamm Govemor J. William McDonald Director TO: Members, CWCB David W. Walker Deputy Director FROM: Bill McDonald DATE: August 6, 1982 SUBJECT: Agenda Item 8, August 16, 1982, Board Meeting-- High Plains Study Introduction Congress authorized the $6 million High Plains Study in 1976 to investigate the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and to develop recommendations for action. The study has now been completed and final reports are in preparation. The overall study was conducted under the auspices of a six-state High plains Study Council, whose members were appointed by the Governors of their respective states (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). Regional research results are being compiled by the consultants who performed the study and the High plains Study Council is preparing a summary report, with recommendations, for transmittal to Congress. State-level research was also conducted within each state as a part of the overall effort. In Colorado, an advisory com- mittee composed of eastern Colorado citizens has used the results of both the regional ~nd state-level research as the basis for preparing recommendations directed specifically at actions to be taken by Colorado. The purpose of this agenda item is to receive a briefing from the Colorado Department of Agriculture on the study's results and on the recommendations developed by the Colorado advisory committee. The status of the various elements of the study is summarized in the attachment entitled "Study Background and Current Status" (June, 1982). High Plains Study Council Recommendations The six-state Council's draft recommendations are attached. The full draft report from which these are taken can be made available upon request.