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II. Process A. Developmem of the Proposed Program Boyle Engineering Corporation (Boyle) was retained to complete a Water Conservation/Supply ReconnaissaMe Study (Study) to identify and evaluate water supply and conservation alternatives within the three states. Boyle's services were performed under the direction of a Water Management Committee (WMC) comprised of state, federal, water user, and environmental interests. The Final Report for the Study, which was submitted to the WMC on December 13, 1999, provides information 011 local net hydrologic effects, reductiops to target flow shortages at the critical habitat, and costs at a reconnaissance level for each project evaluated. A preliminary assessment of legal and institutional requirements, social issues and environmental issues was also included, The Final Report was used as a tool by a Water Actipn Plan Committee (W APe) for identifying and selecting the projects included in this Water Action :Plan. Several of these projects were evaluated in the Final Report, however, there were some projects that were not. Boyle relied on information provided by the three states and data presented in the Final Report to evaluate the projects included in this Water Action Plan. Representatives from the three states were contacted to acquire an understanding of how the states envision implementing the proposed projects. If the operating concept for a given project differed from that presented in the Final Report, information provided by the states was relied on, Likewise, if a more detailecl analysis of a project has recently been completed and more information is now available regarding the yield and cost, that information has been taken into account. The three states identified 13 potential projects for inclusion in the Water Action Plan. These projects are located throughout the Platte River Basin (Figure 2). Yield evaluations were made by the Platte River EISIESA team to refine the individtial and cumulative yields of the projects and address the interactive effects of the projects, A list'of the projects included in the Water Action Plan is provided in the table below. State Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Colorado Table W! Water Action Plan Pro'eels Pro'ect CNPPID Re-regulating Reservoir Water Leasing . Water Management Incentives Groundwater Management North Dry Creek/F~. Keamy Cutoffs DawsonlGothenburg Canal GW Recharge Power Interference Net Controllable Conserved Water Pathfinder Municipal Account Glendo Storage : Temporary Water ~easing La Prele Reservoir! Groundwater Man~ ement (Tamarack III) C:\Draft Water Action Plan (May 30. 2OOO)\Wllpc report (Version 6 BND2)-.doc 2