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File Number
8021
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Section D General Correspondence-Western States Water Council
Date
2/19/1966
Author
Floyd Bishop
Title
Western States Water Council Meeting Attachment No 7-Utilization and Conservation of Water Resources in Wyoming
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<br />" <br /> <br />OO~,2GG <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />in length. The North Platte is a classic example of what happens when the water <br /> <br />supply within a given drainage is not sufficient to meet the demand. Colorado, <br /> <br />Nebraska, and Wyoming aU have substantial potentialities for irrigation from the <br /> <br />North Platte River and its tributarie s, and argUlTIents over which state was en- <br /> <br />titled to how much water developed shortly after 1900. <br /> <br />By the early 1920's these <br /> <br />differences had magnified to the point where litigation appeared to be the only <br /> <br />solution, and the states became embroiled in a long and expensive court battle. <br /> <br />The outcome, as is the case in so many court battles, was something less than <br /> <br />satisfactory to all participants, and the Supreme Court Decrees have had to be <br /> <br />reopened and modified a number of time s since their is suance. Wyoming's <br /> <br />involvement in litigation on the North Platte River and its tributaries spanned <br /> <br />some 25 years, and may well not even be over yet. At any rate, we are limited <br /> <br />by court decree, as is Colorado also, in the total amount of water we can use from <br /> <br />this drainage. <br /> <br />Potential for development is considerably greater than that which <br /> <br />is allowed by the decree, and there is a definite need for more water in this area <br /> <br />of our state, Storage and release of water from the major reservoirs on the North <br /> <br />Platte serves to produce electric power as well as meeting the needs of consUlTIp- <br /> <br />tive uses. R-'leases are not made for production of power alone, unless the water <br /> <br />can be picked up and restored in a lower reservoir for ultimate delivery to the <br /> <br />irrigator or other consumptive user when needed. The conservation practices <br /> <br />and efficiency of water use in this drainage are generally good, having been <br /> <br />developed over a long span of years where the demand has been greater than the <br /> <br />supply. In the upper portion of the North Platte drainage in Wyoming, the court <br /> <br />decree limitation is on the nUlTIber of acres which can be irrigated, and this type <br /> <br />of limitation has not been conducive to an efficient use of water. <br />
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