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3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PLAN STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
5.0 Current Use - Provide estimates of:
! How the water resource presented in Chapter 4 is being depleted.
o Agriculture.
o Municipal and Domestic.
o Industry.
o Miscellaneous (wildlife, phreatophytes, etc.).
! Evaporation abstractions from the entire water resource. These should be
assigned to each water use sector associated with the depletion. As an example,
evaporation from a municipal water supply reservoir should be assigned to that
municipality. In addition, evaporation from reservoirs constructed in Wyoming
to provide water supplies for downstream states should be assigned to
downstream states’ allocations under the respective interstate compact(s) or court
decree(s).
! How much is being depleted in acre-feet per month, and total annual depletion
during wet, normal, and dry years.
! How much is being diverted in acre-feet per month, and total annual diversions
during wet, normal, and dry years.
! The timing of the water depletions and diversions by month during wet, normal,
and dry years.
! How water resources are being used in other ways that do not deplete the supply,
but limit or restrict use by other sectors, including:
o Recreation.
o Instream flows.
o Wetlands.
6.0 Future Needs - What are the projected water needs of the water-depleting sectors and the
non-depleting sectors? These needs should be defined in terms of amount (volume and/or
rate as appropriate), timing, location, and quality.
7.0 Availability - Where, when, and in what amounts is there water supply that is in excess of
that required to meet present uses and legal obligations including existing water rights and
interstate compacts?
8.0 Opportunities - Where and in what configuration are the opportunities for meeting
projected needs that meet screening criteria? Apply the “best criteria” from the previous
seven plans.
9.0 Strategies – Include strategies for how to achieve the goals arrived at during the planning
process.
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