WSP06696

• File Number: 8407.400
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Nebraska
• State: NE
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/1984
• Author: Nebraska Natural Res
• Title: Policy Issue Study on Supplemental Water Supplies
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table of Contents

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LIST OF TABLES......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
LIST OF FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES
COMMISSION ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLIES POLICY

ISSUE STUDy............................................................ .111
SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XV
CHAPTER 1. SUPPLEMENTAL WATER.. . ....... ...... . . .... ...... ........ ,.,
A. Supplemental Water Defined............................................. '-1
B. Sources of Supplemental Water.......................................... '-1
C. "Opportunity" and "Need" for Supplemental Use...... ....... ...... ..... '-3
D. Available Water Supply.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '-4
E. Uses of Supplemental Water Supplies... ... ....... ............ ....... ..... '-5
F. The Future of Supplemental Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '-7
CHAPTER 2. SUPPLEMENTAL WATER USE................................... .2-'
A. Precipitation pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
B. Areas of groundwater decline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
C. Areas with potential for irrigation development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
D. Areas with opportunities for specific uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.3

1. Irrigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
2. Municipal........................................................... 2-3
3. Livestock and rural domestic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8
4. Electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8
5. Industrial........................................................... 2-8
6. Fish. wildlife, and outdoor recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8
CHAPTER 3. SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLY. ............................. .3-'
A. Sources of supply.................................................... .3-'
1. Surface water... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1
2. Groundwater............ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3
B. Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5
C. Storage.............................................................. 3-5
1. Surface................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5
2. Underground.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-'0
CHAPTER 4. IMPACTS AND CONSTRAINTS................................... .4.1
A. Environmental........................................................ .4-1
1. Sources of supply................................................... .4-1
2. Transfer............................................................ 4-3
3. Storage and use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3
4. Concluding remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4