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Central Division………………………………………………………………………8-6 Upper Division………………………………………………………………………..8-6 8.3.9 Future Groundwater Development……………………………………………..8-8 8.4 GREEN RIVER BASIN………………………………………………………………...8-8 8.4.1 Physically Available Flows…………………………………………………….8-8 8.4.2 Compact Limitations…………………………………………………………...8-8 8.4.3 Agricultural Needs……………………………………………………………...8-8 8.4.4 Long List of Future Water Use Opportunities………………………………….8-9 8.4.5 Short List of Future Water Use Opportunities…………………………………8-9 8.4.6 Supplemental Studies…………………………………………………………8-12 Green River Ground Water Recharge and Alternative Storage, Level I Project……8-12 Middle Pine Reservoir Rehabilitation Level II Study..................................................8-12 Upper Green River Storage Study…………………………………………………...8-12 Little Snake River Dams Level II Studies……………………………………………8-13 8.4.7 Framework Scoring Matrix…………………………………………………...8-13 8.4.8 Recommendations for Storage Opportunities………………………………...8-15 Piney Creek Drainage and Tributaries……………………………………………...8-15 Sand Hill Off-Channel Reservoir……………………………………………………8-15 Middle Piney Reservoir Rehabilitation.......................................................................8-15 East Fork o the New Fork Drainage (Church Off-Channel Reservoir)……………..8-15 Hams Fork Drainage………………………………………………………………..8-15 Viva Naughton Enlargement………………………………………………………...8-15 Dempsey Basin Reservoir…………...………………………………………………8-15 Cottonwood Creek-Drainage (Mickelson Creek Off-Channel Reservoir)…………..8-16 Horse Creek Drainage (Horse Pasture Draw Off-Channel Reservoir)……………..8-16 Beaver Creek Drainage (Cow Gulch Off-Channel Reservoir)……………………...8-16 8.4.9 Future Groundwater Development……………………………………………8-16 8.5 NORTHEAST WYOMING RIVER BASIN………………………………………….8-17 8.5.1 Physically Available Flows…………………………………………………...8-17 8.5.2 Compact Limitations………………………………………………………….8-17 8.5.3 Agricultural Need……………………………………………………………..8-18 8.5.4 Long List of Future Water Use Opportunities………………………………...8-19 8.5.5 Short List of Future Water Use Opportunities………………………………..8-19 8.5.6 Crook County Reservoir Studies……………………………………………...8-22 Crook County Reservoirs and Water Management Study Level I…………………...8-22 Crook County Reservoir Project-Level I…………………………………………….8-22 Stockade Beaver Creek Reservoir-Level I…………………………………………...8-22 Beaver Creek Dam and Reservoir-Level I…………………………………………..8-22 Beaver Creek Dam and Reservoir Project…………………………………………..8-22 8.5.7 Framework Scoring Matrix…………………………………………………...8-23 8.5.8 Recommendations fro Future Storage Opportunities…………………………8-26 Belle Fourche River Basin…………………………………………………………..8-26 Upper or Lower Inyan Kara Reservoir Sites………………………………………..8-26 Smaller Reservoirs…………………………………………………………………..8-26 Beaver Creek Basin.....................................................................................................8-26 Cheyenne River Basin……………………………………………………………….8-27 8.5.9 Future Groundwater Development……………………………………………8-27 8.5.10 Coal Bed Methane Waters…………………………………………………….8-27 8.6 PLATTE RIVER BASIN……………………………………………………………...8-27 8.6.1 Physically Available Flows…………………………………………………...8-27 8.6.2 Institutional Limitations………………………………………………………8-27
8.6.3 Needs …………………………………………………………………………8-27 8.6.4 Long List of Future Water Use Opportunities………………………………...8-29 8.6.5 Revised Short List of Future Water Use Opportunities……………………….8-29 8.6.6 Structural Future Water Use Opportunities…………………………………...8-30 Coalbed Methane Waters……………………………………………………………8-30 Groundwater Augmentation........................................................................................8-30 Improving Agricultural Irrigation Systems and Control Efficiencies……………….8-30 Modifications of Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir……………………………………8-31 Regionalization of Public Water Supply Systems……………………………………8-31 Reuse Alternatives…………………………………………………………………...8-31 Snow Fences…………………………………………………………………………8-31 Transbasin Diversions……………………………………………………………….8-31 Water Diversions from Wyoming’s Green River Basin (WWDC)…………………...8-32 Wind River Export Study-Level I (ECI, 2002)……………………………………...8-32 Upper Laramie River RE-regulations Opportunities………………………………..8-32 8.6.7 Non-Structural Future Water Use Opportunities……………………………...8-32 Drought Response Planning…………………………………………………………8-32 Enhanced Recreational Use of Water Reservoirs…………………………………...8-33 Glendo Reservoir…………………………………………………………………….8-33 Increasing Runoff From National Forests…………………………………………..8-33 Multipurpose Flood Control Programs……………………………………………..8-33 Water Banking……………………………………………………………………….8-33 Water Conservation………………………………………………………………….8-33 Water Exchanges…………………………………………………………………….8-33 Water Right Transfers……………………………………………………………….8-34 Weather Modification………………………………………………………………..8-34 8.7 POWDER/TONGUE RIVER BASINS………………………………………………..8-34 8.7.1 Physically Available Flow…………………………………………………….8-34 8.7.2 Compact Limitations………………………………………………………….8-34 8.7.3 Agricultural Needs…………………………………………………………….8-35 8.7.4 Long List of Future Water Use Opportunities………………………………..8-36 8.7.5 Short List of Future Water Use Opportunities………………………………..8-36 8.7.6 Recommendations for Storage Opportunities………………………………...8-43 Little Bighorn River Basin…………………………………………………………...8-43 Tongue River Basin ....................................................................................................8-43 Clear Creek Basin…………………………………………………………………...8-43 Crazy Woman Creek Basin………………………………………………………….8-43 Powder River Basin………………………………………………………………….8-44 Little Powder River Basin…………………………………………………………...8-44 8.7.7 Future Groundwater Development……………………………………………8-44 8.7.8 Coal Bed Methane Waters…………………………………………………….8-44 8.8 SNAKE/SALT RIVER BASIN………………………………………………………..8-44 8.8.1 Physically Available Flows…………………………………………………...8-44 8.8.2 Compact Limitations………………………………………………………….8-45 8.8.3 Agricultural Needs…………………………………………………………….8-45 8.8.4 Long List of Future Use Opportunities……………………………………….8-45 8.8.5 Short Lists of Future Water Use Opportunities……………………………….8-45 Agricultural Opportunities…………………………………………………………..8-48 Domestic/Municipal Opportunities………………………………………………….8-48 Environmental Opportunities………………………………………………………..8-48 Recreational Opportunities………………………………………………………….8-48
Page 1 and 2: Wyoming Water Development Commissio
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Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0-INTRODUCTION
Page 7 and 8: Surface Water…………………
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Page 13 and 14: List of Tables Table 1-1 Basin Plan
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Page 17 and 18: 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW This
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4.0 RESOURCES 4.3 SURFACE WATER RES
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4.0 RESOURCES Table 4-2 Recommended
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4.0 RESOURCES Major Aquifers Alluvi
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4.0 RESOURCES suggest an aquifer gr
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4.0 RESOURCES very low solubilities
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4-12
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Tongue River Clarks Fork Belle Four
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Wind River Below Boysen Reservoir B
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Thickness, ft TDS, mg/L BE GR NE PL
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5.0 USE 5.1 INTRODUCTION This chapt
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5.0 USE Table 5-1 Irrigated Acreage
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5.0 USE beets, and beans are grown.
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5.0 USE River Basin Table 5-3 Estim
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5.0 USE Table 5-4 Estimated Average
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5.0 USE than existing demands. Addi
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5.0 USE The amount of industrial wa
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5.0 USE 5.5 RECREATIONAL WATER USE
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5.0 USE A quality boating experienc
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5.0 USE numbers of people bound for
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5.0 USE The first filings in Wyomin
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5.0 USE human activities (e.g., imp
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FRANNIE RANCHESTER DEAVER COWLEY DA
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FRANNIE Wind/Bighorn RANCHESTER DEA
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Wind/Bighorn PARK ! Buffalo Bill Me
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1 Basin Map Number Stream Basin Map
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6.0 PROJECTIONS This chapter presen
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6.0 PROJECTIONS Wind/Bighorn River
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6.0 PROJECTIONS The CIR or use for
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6.0 PROJECTIONS Table 6-5 Summary o
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6.0 PROJECTIONS These three methods
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6.0 PROJECTIONS Table 6-8 Projected
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6.0 PROJECTIONS Wyoming. Under all
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6.0 PROJECTIONS The Platte River Ba
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6.0 PROJECTIONS discharged. The com
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6.0 PROJECTIONS water is used in so
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6.0 PROJECTIONS River Basin. Severa
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6.0 PROJECTIONS Projections of popu
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6.0 PROJECTIONS withstand without s
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6.0 PROJECTIONS permitting document
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6.0 PROJECTIONS Table 6-14 Projecte
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7.0 AVAILABILITY minimized to the e
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7.0 AVAILABILITY Reach Gain/Loss Th
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7.0 AVAILABILITY hydrologic conditi
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7.0 AVAILABILITY Table 7-2 Availabl
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7.0 AVAILABILITY quality, whereas a
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7.0 AVAILABILITY River Basins. The
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7.0 AVAILABILITY 7.2.6 Basin Summar
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7.0 AVAILABILITY ! Increase support
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7.0 AVAILABILITY Fencing to keep ca
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I D A H O JACKSON Note: The Physica
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Dry: 0K Normal: 50K Wet: 100K # CAM
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M O N T A N A Note: The Physically
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.2.2 Short List
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES are needs for sup
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES The West Fork pro
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.3.9 Future Grou
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-5 Evaluat
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.4.6 Supplementa
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-7 Framewo
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Cottonwood Creek
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-8 Apporti
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-10 Evalua
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.5.6 Supplementa
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-12 Framew
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.5.8 Recommendat
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-14 Platte
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.6.6 Structural
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Water Diversions
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES transfer the hist
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Reservoir, North
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Agricultural Oppo
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES The current and p
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Table 8-28 Short
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES Cottonwood/Grass
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES 8.9.8 Recommendat
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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES ! The Madison Aqu
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JACKSON TETON ALPINE PAVILLION RIVE
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Cheyenne River M O N T A N A Little
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Lamar River M O N T A N A PARK Snak
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9.0 PROJECT FUNDING 9.1 INTRODUCTIO
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9.0 PROJECT FUNDING Projects begin
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GLOSSARY acre-foot aquifer aquitard
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head hydrogeology hydrology industr
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till transmissivity unconfined cond
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OGCC PAM PIA PRRIP PRSB SCS SEO SLI
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Environmental Use, 3-12, 5-1, 5-19,
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Storage, 1-2, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-1
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This report was prepared by: Consul
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I, Murray T. Schroeder, a Wyoming r
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LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Summary of I
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2.0 INFORMATION AND DATA 2.0 INFORM
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2.0 INFORMATION AND DATA As expecte
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2.0 INFORMATION AND DATA 2.3.1 Audi
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2.0 INFORMATION AND DATA The poor r
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3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PLAN
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4.0 AGENCY PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS
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5.0 SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND RECOMMEND
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5.0 SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND RECOMMEND
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BEAR RIVER BASIN
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Basin Planning Process Wyoming is u
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The Bear River Compact divides the
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Figure 2 shows the average annual b
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The following summarizes the Upper
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High Case Scenario Total basin wate
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investigations did not result in th
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1 of 2 Issues identified in the Bea
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GREEN RIVER BASIN
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Executive Summary, Green River Basi
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NORTHEAST RIVER BASIN
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Northeast Wyoming River Basins Plan
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Issues identified in the Northeast
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TABLE OF CONTENTS E X E C U T I V E
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P L A T T E R I V E R B A S I N P R
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Powder/Tongue River Basin Plan Exec
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Executive Summary Climate in the ba
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Executive Summary cipitation. These
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Executive Summary in most areas, to
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Executive Summary growth scenarios.
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Executive Summary Following the cre
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WIND/BIGHORN RIVER BASIN PLAN EXECU
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acres of state land and 8.9 million
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Municipal and Domestic According to
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Table 2 presents a summary of the s
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Ground Water Availability Within th
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Figure 5 Potential Areas for Future
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Power Study The Wind/Bighorn River
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Appendix B WESTERN STATES SURVEY
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GENERAL POINTS AND SUGGESTED IDEAS
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Texas 1. Texas has been involved in
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state agency. Place value on citize
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Appendix C FUTURE BASIN PLAN ORDER
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Green River Basin Population 100000
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Appendix D PUBLIC COMMENTS
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D-2
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D-4
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D-6
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