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2.0 INFORMATION AND DATA
2.0 INFORMATION AND DATA
2.1 BASIN ISSUES
During the summer of 2006, BAG meetings were held in each of the seven basins to present
progress on the Framework Water Plan project. In addition, the meeting forum was used to interact with
the BAG about the Issues List each BAG had compiled during preparation of the individual basin plans.
These lists were updated at the 2006 summer BAG meetings. Copies of these lists are presented in
Appendix A, along with the executive summaries of the basin planning reports for each basin.
During these meetings, the Framework team interacted with the BAGs in an attempt to better
understand the basin-specific issues and to promote discussion about how the planning process could be
advanced from an issues discussion to the development of goals and solutions.
Figure 1 is a schematic depicting how water planning and project construction are currently
assisted by the WWDC. The primary responsibility for basin planning is the State’s, and the focus of
basin planning is on data. Also shown in Figure 1 is the concept that problem definition, alternative
evaluation, and follow-through are the responsibility of individual project or program sponsors, the
ultimate water users.
2.2 WESTERN STATES SURVEY
As part of the Framework planning project, the consulting team
performed a survey of several western states’ water planning programs.
The goal of the survey was to understand the planning approaches and
ideas used in other states. The survey was directed at a wide spectrum
of water planning programs, from simple to complex and minimally
funded to highly funded. The survey included phone conversations with
planning staff and website reviews for Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, and Utah. With the exception of Kansas and
Texas, all these states share borders and have common drainages with
Wyoming. The Western States Survey is included in its entirety in
Appendix B.
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