WWRC 84-01
Wyoming Water Research Center Progress Report for year 1983
Director's Statement
The State of Wyoming is considered to be a water producing
state to the Colorado River Basin, the Snake River Basin, and
the Missouri River Basin. Approximately 15.5 million acre feet
of water is produced in Wyoming annually, with approximately 12
million acre feet obligated for downstream use through compacts
and treaties. Wyoming has embarked on a large-scale water
development program with the intended purpose of capturing for
its use as much of the excess water produced as possible. The
problems associated with the capture, diversion, dispersal, and
re-use of these water resources are encompassing. In addition,
being better able to forecast quantity and quality of water
availability to downstream users is extremely important.
To address the problems and generate needed information
associated with water conservation, development, and re-use, a
truly interdisciplinary effort, well-managed and coordinated, is
essential. The Wyoming Water Research Center is organized in
such a manner and can call on the diverse set of disciplinary
expertise necessary to address key issues for the state and the
region.
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