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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APPROACH

P.L. 94-587 identified the Congressional objectives in autho~izing the
High Plains Study as (excerpted):

o Assure adequate water sURPlies to the area
o Assure an adequate supply of food to the nation
o Promote economic vitality of the High Plains Region
o Develop plans to increase water supplies in the area
o Assure continued growth and vitality of the region

The High Plains Study Council, in its Statement of Work, set forth its
obj ect i ves for the Study as:

"1. Determine potential development alternatives for the High
Plains.

2. Identify and describe the policies and actions required
to carry out promising development strategies.

3. Evaluate the local, state and national implications of
these alternative development strategies or the absence
of these strategies."

The following regional study elements were defined to be performed by
the General Contractor.; the division of responsibilities among the three
members of the General Contractor team is shown in parentheses:

B-1 Interbasin transfer assessment (CDM)
B-2 National and regional impact assessment (ADL)
B-3 Agriculture and water technology assessment (CDM)
B-4 Environmental impact assessment (CDM)
B-5 Unconventional water supply assessment (CDM)
B-6 Institutional assessment (CDM)
B-7 Crop prices assessment (ADL)
B-8 Energy price and technology assessment (B&V)
B-9 Dryland farming assessment (ADL)
B-ID Nonagricultural development and potential assessment (ADL)
B-ll Alternative development strategy assessments (via a regional
input/output model) (ADL)