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<br />Study Obiective <br /> <br />The objective of this study is to identify, investigate, and evaluate the <br /> <br /> <br />alternative means by which the State of Colorado can beneficially use <br /> <br /> <br />additional waters of the South Platte River basin to which it is <br /> <br /> <br />entitled. The study is a reconnaissance-level assessment which is based <br /> <br /> <br />upon existing data, technical reports, and other readily available <br /> <br /> <br />information (Woodward-Clyde Consultants, 1981). As such, it is subject to <br /> <br />certain limitations, as set forth in the last section of this chapter. <br /> <br />Geographic Scope <br /> <br />The geographic scope of this study includes the natural drainage basin of <br /> <br /> <br />the South Platte River in Colorado and the water naturally arising <br /> <br /> <br />therein. The study is limited to examining water resources development <br /> <br /> <br />alternatives that exist or have been proposed at or downstream from the <br /> <br /> <br />confluence of the North Fork of the South Platte River and the mainstem of <br /> <br /> <br />the South Platte River (Figure 1). For purposes of hydrologic analyses, <br /> <br /> <br />the upstream point of the study area on the stream system was taken as the <br /> <br /> <br />South Platte River at South Platte, Colorado (drainage area of 2579 square <br /> <br /> <br />miles), and the downstream point of the study area was taken as the South <br /> <br /> <br />platte River at Julesburg, Colorado (drainage area of 23,138 square miles) <br /> <br /> <br />(Figure 1). In addition, that part of the Republican River basin which is <br /> <br /> <br />located within the state of Colorado east of and south of the South Platte <br /> <br /> <br />River basin has been included in the study because the range of <br /> <br /> <br />alternatives considered includes the proposed export of water from the <br /> <br /> <br />South Platte River basin into that part of the Hiqh Plains area in Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />(Figure 1). <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />