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..."...~ I 'j Lt., Foreword This is one of a series of water policy studies that are pan of the State Water Planning and Review Process. It addresses alternative policies lor development of supplemental water supplies in Nebraska and is being forwarded 10 the Governor and Legislature for action as deemed appropnate. In most respects this report is the same as the final task force report prepared by the Conservation and Survey Division of the UniverStty of Nebraska with the aid of an interagency task force. The Natural Resources Commission has added a transmltlallel1er. this foreword. and a small section on the public hearing on this report. In additIOn. some modifications were made in portions of the report. especially the introduction, summary. and Chapter 1, and the addition at Alternative #27. Five Alternatives were also deleted from the anginal Task Force report because they were adopted Into law after that report was published. Their contents are now discussed as part of current policy. However. the major change is the addition of the policy recommendations contained In the following section of this report. The interagency task force which helped the Conservation and Survey DivIsion develop the data and alternatives used in the final task force report included: Vince Dreeszen Conservation and Survey DivIsion. UNL Jon Atkinson Department of Environmental Control lee Becker Department of Water Resources Bob Burns Water Resources Center. UNl Karen Langland Poltcy Research Office Cliff Summers Department of Health Jerry Wallin Natural Resources Commission Gerald Chaffin. Game and Parks Commission The Conservation and Survey Division served as lead agency for the Task Force with Bob Kuzelka serving as Task Force Coordinator. The ConservatIOn and Survey Division was responsible for leading the work of the task force and wntlOg the flOal task force report. Non-task force members who contributed greatly to the report Include Marilyn Ginsberg. Conservation and Survey Division; Mark Nelson. Department of Water Resources; Mike Jess. Department of Water Resources; Charles Deknatel. Department of Community and Regiona! Planning. UNl: Ray Supalla. Depanment of Agricultural Economics. UNL; Dave Aiken. Department of Agricultural Economics, UNl; and Tom Cech, Water Resources Center, UNL. Following initial consideration of the task force report the CommisSion distributed a draft report for pubhc review on March 28.1983. The pUbhc comment period concluded June 17th. Public meetings on the repon were held on May 31 in Ogallala and June 1 in Grand Island. A public hearing was held In Norfolk on June 2. Summaries of the hearing and meetings are available as a special section at the back of this report. The Public Advisory Board devoted considerable time to discussion of the task force report and provided the Com- mission with a number of recommendations. In addition. written comments were received from members of the publiC representing either themselves. or partIcular organizations. All such comments are on fde at the office of the Com- mission and are available for review.