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<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 />tC~~~~~.~ <br /> <br />The General Contractor provi ded input to the Corps studi es concerni ng <br />import water demand and intra-seasonal variations in demand for irrigation <br />water. The General Contractor also provided information concerning potential <br />future stream depletion above the points of diversion being considered, <br />derived from studies made by others. <br /> <br />The Corps di d not make any fi ndi ngs as to the amounts of water that <br />might be considered as "surplus" and thus available for transfer to the High <br />Plains Region. Rather, the Corps made reconnaissance level designs and cost <br />estimates for ranges of transfer quantities. <br /> <br />The Corps Southwestern Division's Final Report, "Water Transfer Elements <br />of Hi gh Pl ai ns-Ogall al a Aquifer Study" was compl eted as a revi ew draft in <br />February 1982; with the individual District office reports as appendices. <br />The following discussion of the Corps transfer studies and results is <br />excerpted from the Corps' report. Following that, the results of the studies <br />made by the states and General Contractor of the economic impacts of intra- <br />state, interbasin transfers are presented in relation to Management Strategy <br />Four. <br /> <br />Transfer Alternatives <br /> <br />The Corps initially examined a considerable number of possible points of <br />diversion on source streams, conservation storage reservoir possibilities at <br />or near the points of diversion, alternative conveyance routings and faci- <br />lities, and terminal storage reservoir possibilities. With the concurrence <br />of the High Plains Study Council, through its Resolution No.8, April 17, <br />1980, four alternatives, hereinafter termed routes, were selected for further <br />study*, namely: <br /> <br />* The routes and sources presented were approved by the High Plains Study <br />Council for this analysis by the Corps of Engineers in April 1980. They <br />provide for the High Plains Study a range of potentials that could be <br />further evaluated under Strategy Five. The availability of water for <br />di versi on from these sources has not been confi rmed by the states of <br />origin. <br /> <br />35 <br />