WSP06669

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1982
• Author: Arthur D Little Inc
• Title: Six State High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study - Study Element B-5 - Local Water Supply Augmentation Assessment
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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PREFACE

The basic organization of the Six-State High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer
Regional Resources Study has been built around an assessment of alternative
water development and management strategies.

The water management strategies analyzed in the Study are:

o A "Baseline" trend projection of current policies and programs,
and currently available water conservation and use technology
and practices already in use, with no new purposeful public
policy to intervene with new action programs for altering the
course of irrigation water consumption. (the Baseline)

o A demand reduction strategy which would stimulate voluntary
action to reduce water demands through research, education,
demonstration programs and incentives, USing technology and
practices either not considered in the Baseline analysis or
refl ected at rates whi ch woul d be purposefully accel erated.
(Management Strategy One)

o A demand reduction strategy which assumes Strategy One policies
and programs, and in addit i on projects further water demand
reduction by mandatory programs of a regulatory nature to
control water use. (Management Strategy Two)

o A supply enhancement strategy to add local water supply augmen-
tat i on act ions to demand reducti on efforts. These act ions
could include local practices such as cloud-seeding, local
storage, ground water recharge, desal i nati on, and snowpack and
vegetation management. (Management Strategy Three)

o A strategy of intra-state surface water interbasin transfers,
importing water into the High Plains Region in accordance with

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