WSP07158

• 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

PROGRESS ON DEVELO'PING 'THE PLAN

The framework plan will be broad
and leaves to the future the '
description of such specifics as
might be required.
Final editions of the first
four volumes are scheduled to
be available in late 1970~"

The Framework Plan

DESCRIPTION

The Framework Plan portion of the State
Water Plan as proposed by the Commission to
the Legislature was' "to provide a broad guide
to the best uses of water and land resources to,
meetcurreiit and -anticipated needs," The de-
velopment of this portion of the Plan is to be
based on three general considerations:

. The timely development and ma~agement
of water resources as essential aids' to the
economic development and growth ofthe state.

. The preservation of water resources in
appropriate instances to insure, that tl}ey'will
be available when needed. .

. The general welfare of the people of. the'
State as the overriding determinant in formu-
lating the Framework. ' ' '

Before planning could b~gin, it ~as neces-
sary to collect, in an organized manner, exist-
ing knowledge of Nebraska's re~ources. The
Framework Plan will contain tiv~ separate
volumes. The first'four will deal ~ith the re-,

sourcesava~lable and,the needs to be fulfilled, ,
while the last will present the general plan of
wate~ development for the state intIuding the
general. nature, extent and timing of recom-
mended, gevel<;>pmept.

, Recognizing that' the purpose of the Plan
is to meet the needs of an unknown fu'ture, the
'.. , 'Framework Plan will be broad ,and, leaves, to '
the future 'th~ description of such specifics as
will be' required. The problem is to provide
definite guidance for future development and
still not foreclose alternatives. .

Since planning is a continual process; the
bulk of time and funds available in the
1967-69 biennium ~ere used to assemble th~ '
volumes Qf basic data which, would provide
the foundation for present planning and re-
lieve future planning of much of this task. It
is expected that the~e basic data wiil require
only review and updating to serve as a basis
for planning in the next decade.

Outlines for the Framework Volumesha~~
been developed by' the work groups and re-
viewed through the procedu~e described in
the preceding chapter.' After adoption by the
Commission; the collection, organization and
interpretation of data irycluded within the out-
lines was assigned to' v~rious state and federal
agencies.

SCHEDULE

'7f stringent 'schedule ',was imposed for the
preparation 'of the, first four Framework V ol~
lImes to insure their completiQrl'in an orderly
sequeri.ce, and to allow adequate time for their
revie\vprior'to preparation of the fifth volu~e,
'.The Plan, of peveloPlllent.Review drafts of
" the first four volumes are to be completed by
March, May, July and September of 1969.
Pending requests for additional information,
preparation of the last volume, The Plan of
,Develop~ent, is expected to 'generate a need
for additional information withi'n each of ~he
subj~~t areas covered in the first fo~r volum{;s.
This added inlmt'will be prepared as the need
arises. Final editio'iis of the first four, volumes
: are scheduled, to be 'available in late 19~O.'
Publication' of the final volume of the Frame-
work Plan i~ target~dfor April 1971, two
m~nths 'prior to th'e tompletiondate requested
by the Legislature. Figure 3, is a line diagram

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