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<br />aCHBS <br /> <br />institutional/regulatory change requiring water conservation, improved <br />water and agricultural management practices at farm level, and/or <br />restrictions on new irrigated agriculture developments. <br /> <br />3. A lternat i ve (2) above plus Loca 1 Water Supp ly Management - water <br />supply augmentation (e.g., snowpack, vegetation, land use, evaporation, <br />precipitation management, artificial recharge). <br /> <br />4. Alternative (3) above plus Minor-Subregional Importation Supply Manage- <br />ment - generally intrastate if long-term surpluses exist in certain <br />intrastate regions. <br /> <br />5. Alternative (4) ahove plus Major Importation Supply Management - major <br />water importation schemes.2/ <br /> <br />The results of this water transfer study were input to Alternative 5. <br /> <br />THE WATER TRANSFER STRATEGY <br />The authorizing language of Section 193 states that the Chief of Engineers will <br />conduct studies dealing with the interstate transfer of water into the High <br />Plains region from adjacent areas. The Office of the Chief of Engineers <br />assi gned the Southwestern Di vi si on responsi bil ity for di recti ng the Corps of <br />Engineers elements of the study, including representing the Corps at the High <br />Plains Study Council level. Route studies were conducted by four Corps dis- <br />tricts: Omaha and Kansas City Districts under the Missouri River Division, and <br />Fort Worth and Tulsa Districts under Southwestern Division. Fort Worth and <br />Tulsa District studies were coordinated with the Lower Mississippi Valley <br />Division. <br /> <br />2/ Ibid. p. 20-1. <br /> <br />9 <br />