WSP05690

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/1978
• Author: Toups Corp
• Title: Water Resources Investigation in the South Platte River Valley - Reach Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CHAPTER 2 - EXISTING CONDITIONS

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Water resources in the South Platte River Valley are expressed

as!both surface and subsurface supplies. There generally

exists a dynamic interaction between these two systems. The

strategies for resource development which initially evolved in

the South Platte Valley were oriented toward conserving, extending,

and distributing available surface water supplies. As pump

te~hnology progressed, ground water resources became amenable

to extraction. Evolution of the body of Colorado water law

oc~urred in conjunction with water resource development.

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The existing character of the South Platte River Valley determines

to.an overriding degree the practicality and expense associated

with any program which attempts to optimize availability of water

du~ing periods of drought. Two specific factors will directly

influence the structure of any proposed water resources optimization

pl~n. These include:

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Hydrologic characteristics of the region

(both surface and subsurface);

Nature, capacity, capabilities, and location

of the existing agricultural water supply,

storage, and distribution system.

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Th~ character of Reach No. 2 will be detailed herein in terms
of the foregoing physical attributes.

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