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, ',' ~ , I Appendix A SUMMARY OF HEARING REPORT #6, INTERSTATE WATER USES AND CONFLICTS 2:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER 8, 1982 Lincoln, Nebraska Nebraska Slate Office Building PUBLIC NOTICE Legal notice of this hearing was published in eight newspapers across the State of Nebraska. Press releases were sent to every newspaper and radio station in the slate. HEARING PROCEDURE This hearing was held simultaneously with hearings on two other Selected Water Rights Issues Policy Study reports and on the Municipal Water Needs Policy Issue Study. Robert W. Bell and Henry P. Reifschneider presided jointly over the hearing and James A. Cook conducted the hearing, A brief summary of each report was presented prior to the receipt of testimony. Those present were given an opportunity to testify on all of the reports. An informal question and answer period was then conducted. and an opportunity for additional testimony was offered prior to the conclusion oflhe hearing. TESTIMONY OFFERED 1. Mr. Richard Slama. Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Slama offered testimony on two major issues addressed in the report on Interstafe Water Uses and Conflicts: weather modification and recog. nition of instream uses. He was concerned that more research should be directed towards ex. amining the impact that irrigation may be having on weather and not just on the technical aspects of cloud seeding. He expressed his opinion that the recognition of instream uses was a bad philosophy and that the state would do better to keep as much water in the state as possible and to use it on the land. This could be accomplished, he suggested, by a network of small dams across the slate holding up water on streams near the source. and which could also be used to maintain a base streamflow. A.'