WSP03307

• File Number: 8277.600.10
• Description: Big Sandy River Unit - Colorado River Salinity Control Program
• State: WY
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 1/1/1981
• Title: Big Sandy River Unit Plan of Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CHAPTER III

PLAN FORMULATION PROCESS

The plan formulation process involves several steps to reach its goal
which is a recommended plan of action selected from a list of alternatives.
The selected plan will meet the requirements of the Principles and Standards
developed by the Water Resources Council as discussed later in this chapter.
The steps involved include problem identification and quantification,
identification of study objectives, development of planning objectives and
finally, development of alternative plans and their evaluation and assessment.
The result of the plan formulation process is to develop a number of
alternative plans from which one or more will be selected and recommended for
more detailed analysis. This phase of work is a combined effort of four
entities--Water and Power Resources Service, planning team, professional
services contractor and the public. Phase I of the professional services
contract essentially includes the technical analysis of the work described in
this chapter up to the point where a preferred planes) is selected and the
Phase I report is completed.

Problem Identification and Quantification

Role of Water and Power Resources Service

Water and Power will monitor the contractor's activities and review for
technical adequacy his problem identification and quantification (PIQ) report
as discussed below.

Role of the professional services contractor

The contractor will compile and analyze existing data and develop a
hypothesis or hypotheses as to the physical and chemical processes at work in
the project area, the mechanisms producing the salt, how the salt is emerging,
the rate at which it is emerging, where it is emerging, how it enters the
river, and the tons and chemical composition of salt entering the river. The
contractor will then prepare a PIQ report which will include the data and
analysis that support his conclusions and submit it to Water, and Power for
review and concurrence.

Role of the planning team

Since the PIQ report is primarily a responsibility of the contractor and
Water and Power, the planning team will have minimum involvement in this
aspect of the study. The team will be kept informed of the progress and con-
clusions, however, as the information in the report will have direct bearing
on developing alternatives and the selection of the preferred plan.

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