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<br />EASTERN DAKOTAS SUBBASIN <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ANp SUPPORT ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />South Dakota has completed the resource inventory phase of its State water <br /> <br /> <br />planning activities for all of the subbasin. As presently scheduled, current <br /> <br /> <br />and future water supply and use will be analyzed, then water resource <br /> <br /> <br />development alternatives will be formulated. <br /> <br /> <br />North Dakota published its State Water Plan in 1968 and a major effort to <br /> <br /> <br />update and revise the plan is presently underway. <br /> <br /> <br />Nebraska published its State Water plan in 1971 and presently needs to <br /> <br /> <br />implement a trial period to make its new "State Water Planning and Review <br /> <br /> <br />Process" operational. <br /> <br /> <br />Iowa publiShed its State Water Plan in 1978. <br /> <br /> <br />Minnesota is scheduled to publish its State Water Plan in'1979. <br /> <br /> <br />Many conflicts between competing, offstream water uses and instream vs. <br /> <br />offstream water use need to be resolved in each of the five States through <br />their State water planning processes. <br />Interstate <br />The North Dakota State Water Commission has received many water permit <br />applications from persons interested in using water from the James River. But <br /> <br /> <br />it is unable to determine whether water i~ available because of inadequate <br /> <br /> <br />water supply and water use data. A need exists to develop a hydrologic model <br /> <br /> <br />of the river that would help determine water availability. The South Dakota <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Water and Natural Resources also lacks water supply and water use <br /> <br /> <br />data, especially data concerning the impact of water use along the James in <br /> <br />H-18 <br />