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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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The assessment of i nterbas i n water transfer opportuni ti es and poten-
tials for the High Plains Region has been a cooperative effort among the
General Contractor (High Plains Associates), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps) for interstate water transfer assessments, and the respective states
for intrastate potentials.

Enabling legislation which authorizes the High Plains study specifically
delegates responsibility for interstate water transfer studies to the Corps.
The Hi gh Pl ai ns Study Pl an of Work* further specifi es the assi gnment of
responsibilities for requisite components of the water transfer studies among
the General Contractor (GC), the Corps, and the states.

The Corps, in cooperation with the High Plains Study Council (HPSC) and
the GC, identified potential basins of orlgln, favorable diversion points,
off-stream water storage sites, reconnaissance level conveyance routes and
facilities, terminal storage sites, and other preliminary water transfer
requirements. The Corps also estimated potential water yields and costs,
including both capital and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs for each
route. In cooperat i on wi th the U. S. Fi sh and Wil dl ife Servi ce (FWS), the
Corps made an overview assessment of the more significant potential environ-
mental consequences for each water transfer alternative.

The General Contractor worked closely with the Corps on the interstate
water transfer studies and with the states for intrastate opportunities.
Results of those studies are summarized in the GC's final report to the HPSC
and to the Secretary of Commerce dated March 1982. Some of the required ele-
ments provided by the GC to support the water transfer studies were:

o Projected water deficiencies, by state subregions, for each of the
alternative water management strategies,

* See Interim Report, Six-State High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Area Study,
January 15, 1979.

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