WSP05255

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/1/1980
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Missouri River Basin Water Resources Management Plan - Part II - Chapters VII-Appendix F
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Drinking water quality problems occur in Otoe and Cass County, Nebraska,

in the sioux City, Iowa, area, and in southwest Iowa. Ground water has

historically been the source of most of the rural domestic water in the

subbasin. While the quality and quantity of these sources has generally been

sufficient in the past, conflicts between rural domestic and urban water uses

have begun to occur. In some rural households, drinking water does no~ meet

standards established by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. This is due to

the naturally poor quality of available water and to continued quality

degradation from both point and nonpoint sources of pollution in the area.

Oxbow lake elimination and channel straightening on the Missouri River

main stem and tributary streams are reducing and changing the fisheries habitat

in the Middle Missouri Subbasin. Lost wetlands are not being replaced by

maturing wetlands in these areas, and fish and wildlife are being adversely

affected by man's activities, including cropping all available lands.

There is a documented demand for water access and recreational facilities

in the metropolitan areas such as Sioux City, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and st.

Joseph, Missouri, and in all of southwestern Iowa. While there is some fishing

on the main stem, there has been a demand for flat water or lake recreation.

Population growth of the metropolitan areas in the Middle Missouri Subbasin has

overtaxed existing facilities. Some work has been done to improve recreation

such as the Lake Manawa project in the Council Bluffs area, but there is a need

for more active development of recreation areas, facilities, and public access,

PLAHHING OBJECTIVES

Each of the five States located of the Middle Missouri Subbasin has

comprehensive planning programs for the wise and beneficial development,

management, and use of water resources. Most have mechanisms to develop a