WSP07553

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/1/1982
• Author: Corps of Engineers
• Title: Six State High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study - Summary Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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d. Route 5 (later called Route C); sources, White River at Clarendon,

Arkansas; Arkansas Ri ver at Van Buren, Arkansas; Ouachita Ri ver at Camden,

Arkansas; Red River at Fulton, Arkansas; Sulphur River at Darden, Texas and

Sabine River at Tatum, Texas; route, west and northwest across Oklahoma into

the panhandl e of Texas to termi na 1 storage on the Canadi an Ri ver at Lake

Meredi tho

As a result of that recommendation, the High Plains Study Council passed Reso-
luti on Number 8 on Apri 1 17, 1980 (see attachment l) authori zi ng conti nued
study on the recommended four routes. The routes and the respective sources
are shown in Figure 2. (The Sulphur River at Darden, Texas and Sabine River at
Tatum, Texas were source additions to routes 3 and 5 based on recommendations

of the High Plains Liasion Committee after Resolution Number 8 was passed).

WATER AVAILABILITY

Institutional Availability. The policy for interbasin transfer for this study

was established by the High Plains StUdy Council in their Resolution 6.l!.l

That policy prescribes that states in the basins of origin, both upstream and

downstream of the diversion points, shall be considered to have prior rights

in perpetuity for beneficial use of the source streams. Only water surplus to
in-basin needs over time would be considered for export. Possible trade-offs

among competing uses and needs must be evaluated in estimating the potential

for export from any source into the High Plains region. Allocations of water
among the states would have to be as stipulated in executed interstate compacts

or as have been discussed with r'egard to future interstate compacts.

11/ High Plains study Council Resolution Number 6 (Attachment 1) dated January
16, 1980 sets out the interbasin transfer policy. The resolution is in-
cluded as an attachment to this report.

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