Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska


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Table 20. Mean annual flow depletions (acre-feet) that would result from water development proposed in the Platte River system during the past 25 years.

PROJECT DEPLETION
COLORADO
Narrows 89000
South Platte-Frenchman 50000
Two Forks 14000
Wildcat Creek 14000
Senac Reservoir 18
Cache LaPoudre Unknown
Subtotal: 167818
NEBRASKA
Ground water withdrawal
(local irrigation)
341000
Prairie Bend 90000
Plum Creek 8800
Ground water recharge projects 1400
Subtotal: 441200
WYOMING
Corn Creek 32500
Seminoe Dam 15800
Deer Creek 11000
Horse Creek 6000
Subtotal: 65300
Total Depletions 674318
% Total Flow 75.0


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