Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the
Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
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Figure 9. Proposed water use change by reducing water consumption by
238,000 acre-feet. Another 189,000 acre-feet will have to be provided to the
central Platte through re-regulation of existing water projects. The total shortage
of 417,000 acre-feet is based upon daily flow analyses (see Table 19).