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<br />GOOll7S <br /> <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMiSSiON....... I <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION................................................................................... III <br />SUMMARy.............................. ............................................................ V <br /> <br />CHAPTER ONE - THE CURRENT SiTUATION.................................................... 1-1 <br /> <br />Introduction........... ........................................................................ 1-1 <br />Surface Streams.............................................................................. 1-1 <br />White River - Hat Creek Basin............................................................... 1-1 <br />Niobrara River Basin........................................................................ 1-5 <br />North Platte River Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 <br />South Platte River Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1-14 <br />Republican River Basin.................................................................... 1-19 <br />Little Blue and Big Blue River Basins. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. 1-23 <br />Missouri River Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . 1-26 <br /> <br />Water Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . 1-28 <br />Groundwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 1-28 <br />Weather Modification. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1-29 <br /> <br />Footnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. 1-30 <br />CHAPTER TWO - RESOLVING INTERSTATE WATER PROBLEMS.............................. 2-1 <br /> <br />Introduction................................................................................... 2-1 <br />Examples of Interstate Water Use............................................................. 2-1 <br />Narrows Unit................................................................................ 2-1 <br />Interstate Energy Development-Coal Slurry................................................. 2-2 <br />Marketing Water Out of Federal Reservoirs. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-2 <br />Non-Exportation Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-3 <br /> <br />Grayrocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-3 <br />Opportunities for Dealing with Conflict. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-4 <br />Adjudication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-4 <br />Congressional Legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-6 <br />Interstate Compacts............................ ............................................2-7 <br /> <br />Groundwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 <br />Other States on Weather Modification. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-10 <br /> <br />Footnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 2-10 <br />CHAPTERTHREE-ALTERNATIVE LEGISLATIVEANDADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ACTIONS.... 3-1 <br /> <br />Introduction........... ........................................................................ 3-1 <br />Alternative Requiring No Action................ ............................................3-2 <br />Allernalive 1: Make no change in present policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3-2 <br />Alternatives to Seek Greater Interstate Agreement......................................... 3-2 <br />Alternative 2: Authorize and initiate the negotiation and formation <br />of interstate agreements or compacts on the interstate <br />streams on which no compacts currently exist.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3-2 <br />Alternative 3: Authorize and initiate the negotiation and formation <br />of interstate compacts with states sharing interstate groundwater <br />basins with Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3-3 <br />