WSP02594

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/1/1982
• Author: Arthur D Little Inc
• Title: Six State High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study - Interbasin Water Transfer Assessments
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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participation and policy guidance for the Study, to provide overall direction
to the Study and to submit its conclusions and recommendations to the Secre-
tary. Key federal agencies were involved in the early stages of planning,
and were represented on a Technical Advisory Group formed by EDA to provide
technical review support to that agency as the Study progressed.

The role of General Contractor was to develop alternative strategies
that mi ght meet the basi c study objecti ves expressed in the authori zi ng
legislation, to evaluate the costs and the economic, environmental and social
impacts of each alternative and combinations, at the local, state, regional
and national levels, and to report this analysis to the Council and EDA.

Corps of Engineers (Corps)

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, was
directed in P.L. 94-587 to consider alternatives for the transfer of water
from adjacent areas as a means of supplementing available supplies. The work
program of the Corps was an integral part of the overall Study and was care-
fully coordinated with work by the states and the General Contractor. The
Corps assigned management responsibil ity for its invol vement to the South-
western Division in Dallas, Texas. The Southwestern Division was assisted by
the Missouri River Division in Qnaha, Nebraska, on those transfer options
i nvol ving the Mi ssouri River and tri butaries. The Southwestern Divi sion
represented the Corps in coordinating with the High Plains Study Council and
its Liaison Committee, and the EDA Technical Advisory Group.

A portion of the funding allocated to the Corps under provlslons of
P.L. 94-587 was used by the Corps to contract with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Servi ce for an envi ronmenta 1 assessment of each di versi on route and its
facilities studied by the Corps.

The Corps' role was to identify potential sources and points of diver-
s i on for interbasi n transfers, estimate potenti a 1 export yi el ds subject to
appropri ate constrai nts, 1 ay out routi ngs for conveyance, identify termi nal
storage possibilities, assess potential environmental impacts, prepare recon-
naissance level designs and cost estimates, and report thereon to the Council
and the Secretary of Commerce.

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