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Issues identified in the Platte River Basin
Category Issues Activities/Projects
Consumptive Use (cont.)
Non-consumptive use
Aquifer depletions, over-appropriation
Effects of prolonged drought
Industrial/Manufacturing/Minerals Extraction - adequate rights (priority and quantity) for future
industrial expansion, new venture opportunities; conservation incentives
Municipal/Domestic
Lack of planning (rural subdivisions)
Water quality regulations
Surface water/groundwater
Restrictions on use
Water storage regulations
Growth
Return flow
Metered systems
Regionalization
Conservation water rates
Prolonged droughtwater availability
Limit landscape water use for new construction
Water conservation and reuse - cause and effect
Irrigation return flow considerations
Recreation - low priority; effects of prolonged droughtwater availability for recreational
purposes; federal facilities impact water designated for other uses
In-bank storage to enhance stream flow
Use Wyoming water in Wyoming
Change laws to allow alternate instream uses
Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. instream filings use of Public Trust Doctrine
Water origin when demand exceeds supply
Effects of prolonged drought - which water use is affected first?
Water conservation and reuse - cause and effect
Laramie, Casper Master Plan, Rawlins raw water storage