WSPC06042

• File Number: 8040.950
• Description: Section D General Studies - General Water Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 1/9/1979
• Author: Unknown
• Title: High Plains Study - Comments on Structure of High Plains Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ELEMENT DESCRIPTION

ID NUr,IBER:
TITLE:
.PURPOSE:

B-1

Interbasin Transfer Assessment

To identify interbasin transfer plans that could
provide supplemental water to those areas within
the High Plains which are presently or are projected
to be short of water, Transfer of water from one
basin to another is only one of several possibilities
that will be considered for the High Plains water
supply. Interbasin transfer schemes will be
evaluated with respect to costs, environmental
and socioeconomic impacts, legal and institutional
problems, and ease and timing of implementation,

INPUT FROM:

U.S.
A-3:

Corps of Engineers Interbasin Transfer Study
State Water Resources Evaluation and Impact
Research (water requirements and water
avai1abi1 ity)
Energy Price and Technology Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment (envi ronmental
baseline, especially at points of diversion
and downstream, along transport routes, and
at areas of use)
Institutional Assessment (legal and institutional
measures affecting interbasin transfers)
Geological Survey Ogallala Aquifer Study

B-8:
B-4:

B-6:
U.S.

WORK PLAN: The General Contractor will work closely with the Corps
of Engineers in conducting Element B-1. First, the General
Contractor will identify water deficiencies taking into account
the alternative development strategies. Then the General Contractor,
in close cooperation with the Corps, will identify the potential
sources of supplemental water that could be imported to make up
for the water deficiencies and the terminal points.

The Corps and General Contractor, in cooperation with the
federal and state agencies that would be concerned, will make
reconnaissance-level estimates of the flow requirements downstream
from the diversion points to satisfy navigation requirements,
prior rights, environmental needs, and other present and future
demands. Likewise, depletions upstream resulting from present
and long-term demands on the stream will be estimated. These
estimates are necessary for determination of exportable yields
in order that uses in the watershed of origin and adjacent areas