WSP03914

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/1/1987
• Author: South Platte Researc
• Title: Voluntary Basinwide Water Management - South Platte River Basin Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 1-1 Qptimal Evolution of Arid-Area Water Allocation, Charging
4nd Regulatory Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 2-1 South Platte River Basin in relation to states boundaries.. 18

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Monthly distribution of discharge, South Platte River at
~outh Platte Gaging Station (RK 563.5) for Period 1968-82

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Average Annual Discharge, 1968-72, at Gaging Stations
along the South Platte River ....... . . . . . . . . .

Map of irrigated lands in the South Platte River Basin ...

Figure 2-5 Map of Groundwater Study Area of the South Platte River

in Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

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Figure 4-1 Reuse of Imported Water by Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . 43;

Figure 5-1

Surface Outcropping of Denver Basin Aquifers

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Figure 5-2 Aquifers of the Denver Basin: Vertical Profile. . . . . . 70
Figure 6-1 Sequence of Decisionmaking for a "South Platte Federation". 87

Figure 7-1

How Water Decisions Affect Economic Outcomes

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Figure 7-2 The Decision Support System . . .

General Model Formulation and Use

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~twork Representation of the Cache 1a Poudre River
Basin's Physical Features. . . . . . . .. .....

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Figure 7-5 City of Fort Collins Water Supply System .

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Figure 7-6 Link-Node Configuration for Fort Collins Case Studies. . .. 106,

Figure 7-7 Approximate Spatial Decomposition of the Case Study Area

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Network Representation of the Case Study Area ; . . .

Change in Subsurface Storage with Artificial Recharge
~nd without Artificial Recharge. . . . . . . . . . .

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