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<br />6 <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 />I <br /> <br />The resulting options and opportunities for both intrastate and <br />interstate water diversions to the High Plains Region are summarized in the <br />following ,sections. More detailed assessments are available from the <br />states, the Corps or the General Contractor for the various alternatives. <br /> <br />SOURCE BASINS <br /> <br />The potential basins of origin for the water transfer studies under <br />element B-1 were surveyed and preliminary analysis narrowed the options to <br />the Upper Missouri River, and its tributaries, above Kansas City in the <br />north; and to the compl ex of the Arkansas, White and Ouachi ta Ri vers in <br />Arkansas in the south. A number of alternative points of diversion and <br />routes were investigated from these basic source basins, with the most tech- <br />nically feasible alternatives selected in cooperation with the High Plains <br />Study Council for detailed analysis. <br /> <br />The Upper Missouri River <br /> <br />Several previously studied water transfer options from the Upper <br />Missouri River basin were reviewed, including the three intrastate diversions <br />conceptualized by the Nebraska Water Resources Commission in the preparation <br />of the 1971 state water plan. <br /> <br />Two interstate transfer routes and the three relatively short intrastate <br />routes in Nebraska were ultimately selected for more intensive investigations <br />as the most feasible opportunities in the North. The sources, diversion <br />poi nts, routes, termi nal storage facil it i es and other detail s of each water <br />transfer route are presented in Chapter Four. <br /> <br />The Arkansas Basins <br /> <br />Multiple sources and routes for water transfer to the High Plains por- <br />tions of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas were reviewed, including the intra- <br />state routes previously examined in the Oklahoma and Texas state water plans. <br />