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24 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I o A strategy of intra-state surface water interbasin transfers, importi ng water into the Hi gh Pl a. ins Regi on in accordance wi th State Water Plans of the High Plains states. (Management Strategy Four) o A strategy of interstate surface water transfers, importing water from sources in areas adj acent to the Oga 11 ala Regi on by means of 1 arge-scal e federal-state or federal projects to restore and ma i ntai n i rri gat i on of the acreage that woul d have reverted to dryl and farmi ng by 2020 under Strategy One or Two. (Management Strategy Fi ve) Of particular rel.evance to the B-1 studies are water management strate- gies four and five (MS-4, MS-5A and 5B). The purpose of the B-1 assessments were to provide necessary data input to the analysis of strategies four and fi ve. STRATEGY FOUR (MS-4) The underl yi ng assumpt i on ident ifyi ng intrastate i nterbas i n trans fers to be evaluated for their potential to augment local water supply in Strategy Four was defined as those diversions and transfer for which "all decisions and actions required to implement the water transfer are within the power and authority (existing or amended) of the individual state and woul d not requi re interstate agreements". Each of the si x states exami ned exi st i ng and ongoi ng state pl anni ng results to determi ne whether surface waters were available in state for diversion to the High Plains Region. Strategy Four, deal ing with intrastate water transfer potenti al s, was anal yzed by state researchers only for Nebraska and Okl ahoma. Intrastate transfers to the High Plains Region were not judged by the other four states to be feasible in providing a significant potential for alleviation of long- term water depletion from the Aquifer. Nebraska and Oklahoma have developed plans for such intrastate diver- sions and transfers, and therefore included analyses of Strategy Four as an