WSP03625

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 8/1/1968
• Author: Morton W Bittinger
• Title: Report on Engineering Water Code Studies for the South Platte River - Volume I - Summary and Conclusions
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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INTRODUCTION

Background

Senate Bill 407 of the 46th session of the Colorado General Assembly
authorized the Coordinator of Natural Resources to undertake a study leading
to recommendations for legislation which would provide for the integrated
use of ground and surface water and to a fuller utilization of the waters
of the State.

In this undertaking he was authorized to call upon private engineers
to work in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board staff.
The initial assignments by the Coordinator of Natural Resources were made
in August of 1967 and completed on January 1, 1968. Subsequent assign-
ments were made in April of 1968 by Mr. James Geissinger, attorney at law,
who is under contract to the Coordinator of Natural Resources.

The initial assignments were as follows:

Platte River Basin

1. Wright Water Engineers, Water District 64, Balzac to Julesburg at
the State line.

2. Bittinger and Associates, Water District No.1, Kersey to Balzac.

3. Colorado Water Conservation Board, Water District No.2, Clear
Creek to Kersey.

Arkansas River Basin

1. W. W. Wheeler and Associates and Woodward-Clyde and Associates.

In April of 1968, additional Assi]nments were as follows:

1. Bittinger and Associates, Water Districts No.2, 3, 4, 5, and 6,
South Platte River from Denver to Kersey, the Cache la Poudre River,
the Big Thompson River, St. Vrain Creek and Boulder Creek.

2. Wright Water Engineers, Water District No.8, South Platt~ River
from Denver to South Platte.

3. W. W. Wheeler and Associates and Woodward-Clyde and Associates,
continuation of studies on the Arkansas River.

Scooe of this reoort

This report is a summary of the conclusions contained in the reports
on Water Districts 64, 1, 2, and 8 plus general conclusions from studies of
Water Districts 3, 4, 5, and 6, all within the South Platte River Basin.
Pertinent data has been abstracted from the separate reports. The Table
of Contents, List of Figures, and List of Tables for each of the separate
reports have been included in the Appendix for reference.