WSPC01622

• File Number: 8040.950
• Description: Section D General Studies - General Water Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 5/15/1978
• Author: Dayle E Williamson
• Title: High Plains Study - Quarterly Reports 1978 - Reports 1-3 - High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTRACT ACTIVITY

The general contractor has advised the states that work was initiated

immediately after notification of the award. One of the initial activities

was to identify data and information needs of the general contractor from the

six states. The project director and project manager plan to visit each of the

six states between November 2 and November 22 to discuss the following:

1) Relevant studies and data sources and the procedures to follow
in identifying and obtaining the material.
2) Development of the High Plains Study work plan to include the
probable schedule of funding from EDA.
3) Plans for conducting state level research work.
4) The overall High Plains Study design and procedures for coordinating
the general contractor's work with the various state water and
resource agencies.
5) Each state's questions and problems relating to or impacting the
High Plains Study.

The visits in the MRBC area are as follows: Colorado - November 13-14;

Nebraska _ November 15-16; Kansas - November 17-18. Some of the subcontractors

will be visiting states prior to the visits noted above.

WORK PLAN

The contractor plans to have a draft work plan available by December 15, '1978.

After approval of the work plan by the High Plains Council and the Economic Develop-
ment Administration, the detailed studies will begin. At this time the contractor
plans to provide an interim report to Congress on January 15, 1979.

FUNDING

The total federal allocation of six million dollars is now available for

the study. Individual state funding has not been resolved at this time. Each

state has been assigned three study elements -- farm production, state impacts,