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<br />biLl i3 <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The purpose of this report is to describe and evaluate legislative and management alternatives that would facilitate <br />the development of supplemental water supplies in Nebraska. tn accomplishing this purpose the following objectives <br />were addressed: (1) Identify existing and potential water shan areas and waler storage locations. (2) Identify sources <br />and methods of water supply augmentation, (3) ldenllfy and evaluate alternative administrative and legislative <br />actions to facilitate water supply augmentation. <br />A definition 01 supplemental waler begins Chapter 1 of this report. This chapter sets the limits of the study nol <br />only by identifying what is supplemental waler in this study, but by discussing what is not. Chapter 1 then continues <br />to set the tone for the study by a general discussion of sources and uses lor supplemental water. <br />Chapters 2 and 3 discuss in greater detail, as to locations and quantities, the opportunities for use of supplemental <br />water in Nebraska and the sources of such water. Chapter 3 also outlines the components of a supplemental water <br />supply system and how those components might be used. <br />The constraints to development of a supplemental water system may come from a wide variety of factors and con. <br />ditions. Chapter 4 considers impacts which may be hinderances to development and thus are considered as con- <br />straints. These impacts include economic, environmental, technological, social, legal, and institutional factors and <br />conditions. Chapter 5 discusses the current policies towards development of supplemental water supplies and presents <br />policy alternatives addressing development, The alternatives are directed towards change in legislation and manage. <br />ment. The final chapter also presents possible general impacts of these policy alternatives. <br />The report includes selected references and sources at Ihe end of each chapter. Seven appendices at the end <br />of the report address: water supplies in streams, existing and proposed storage sites, environmental constraints, <br />Nebraska laws affecting supplemental water supplies. institutional arrangements for water development, the rela. <br />tionship 01 this policy study to others, and summaries of the pubhc meetings on this study. <br /> <br />xv <br />