WSP02675

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 10/1/1975
• Title: Technical Memorandum on Problem Identification in the Arkansas-White-Red Region -- 1975 Water Assessment
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ASA 1103 Work Group
Report
Phase II - Activity One
National Assessment Study
Problem Identification

Introduction

Work Group 1103 is composed of representatives from Kansas; Oklahoma; Soil

Conservation Service; Health, Education and Welfare; and the Federal Power Commission,

Advisors to the work group include representatives from Colorado, Corps of Engineers;

Interior and the Regional Study Director, The work group met on two occasions to

review procedures, methodology and initial problem identification which had been

compiled by the state representatives. In addition, numerous conferences were

held with various members and advisors in the development of the problem identification

list.

Description of Area

ASA 1103, delineated by the Water Resources Council,encompasses the southwestern

two-thirds of the State of Kansas and the north-central portion of Oklahoma. The

extreme southeast county, Baca, of Colorado is also designated as part of the ASA.

The area extends from the Colorado-Kansas state line to roughly the heauwaters

of the Keystone Reservoir in Oklahoma. The Arkansas and Cimarron rivers are the

major drainage courses and cover about 48,000 square miles. The area includes

a total of 55 counties. For purposes of problem identification, the ASA has been

sub-divided into planning or analytical units previously used by the states. These

areas are the Upper Arkansas--state line to Great Bend, Kansas; Lower Arkansas--

Great Bend to the headwaters of Keystone Reservoir; and Cimarron River to headwaters,

Keystone Reservoir. Where applicable, these areas have been further sub-divided

for the problem identification activity.

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