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<br />ro. 0 Ic3) CGOS74 <br />lFublic u=\:,dvisory Lg)oard <br />State Water Planning and Review Process <br /> <br />NEBRASKA NATURAL RESOURCES CO....ISSION. 301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH. P.O. BOX 14171 . LINCOLN. NEBRASKA 68! <br /> <br />NUNICIPAL <br />Richard H.wa <br />Oma.. <br />DOMESTIC <br />Alfnd Glletad <br />Nebr..ka Cltv <br />GROUND WATER IRRIGATION <br />Roben'to..,. <br />Cob-o <br />SVRFACE WATER IRRIGATION <br />Don Sm.n . CMJn:DAn <br />....ntU <br />UVESTOCK PROOUcnON <br />oI.c:kMlidd.... <br />W..oeu <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAl. <br />CZ.VlOIl Luko'lll' <br />Holet.n <br /> <br />INDUSTRIAL It. COMMERCIAL <br />Vanea Anu..on <br />Ha..... <br />WlWUFE, FISH 6: RECREAnON <br />RI~anI Nt.ley <br />Iloco <br />let CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT <br />Elmer Sc.hIaphoH <br />W.".tui, <br />Ind CONGRESSIONAl. DISTRICT <br />WUltalll E&rIch <br />SeOna. <br />!rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT <br />Roy S..art <br />N_ <br /> <br />The Honorable Robert Kerrey <br />Governor, State of Nebraska <br />State Capitol <br />Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 <br /> <br /> <br />\ I <br />/ <br /> <br />19.~~SW <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />\, <br /> <br />JUN 03 1983 <br /> <br />Members of the Eighty-Eighth <br />Nebraska Legislature <br />First Session <br />State Capitol <br />Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER <br />CQ"!S!::~VAT'O~! B'J.~.RI) <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Dear Governor Kerrey and Members of the Legislature: <br /> <br />In accordance with its statutory responsibility under <br />section 2-3287, R.S. Supp. 1982, the Public Advisory Board <br />has reviewed the report of the Natural Resources Commission <br />entitled "Interstate Water Uses and Conflicts". The Board <br />has also reviewed and considered the Commission's recommenda- <br />tions on the alternatives presented in that report. We are <br />in agreement with and endorse most of the recommendations of <br />the Commission. <br /> <br /> <br />The Public Advisory Board endorses efforts which promote <br />interstate cooperation and minimize conflict. At the same <br />time, we feel it is necessary to protect the State of <br />Nebraska's interest in preserving, conserving, and making <br />the most beneficial use of its water resources. <br /> <br />Differences of opinion between the Commission and the <br />Public Advisory Board exist on only three alternatives. <br />Those alternatives relate to the formation of interstate <br />agreements or compacts on interstate streams on which no <br />compacts currently exist (Alternative 2); permitting a state <br />agency to buy water rights in another state (Alternative 9); <br />and allowing state participation in water project construction <br />in other states (Alternative 10). We feel our recommendations <br />on these three alternatives meet the goals stated above. <br /> <br />With respect to Alternative 2, the Board sees no reason <br />to limit, as did the Commission, the formation of agreements <br />and compacts to particular interstate streams. We therefore <br />strongly support negotiation of present and future conflicts <br />wherever and whenever they may occur. We further disagree <br />with" the Commission's rejection of Alternatives 9 and 10. <br />We believe that both of these alternatives would provide <br />