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Appendix C
Basin Issues Outline
The following outline represents the full scope of the Bear River Basin
Advisory Group issues as discussed during the summer meetings of 1998.
Some issues were discussed at length by the group while others received
less attention. No priorities are implied by the list below.
1) Water Allocation
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a) Current water rights perspective and priorities
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i) Benefits and impacts of current allocations in different uses
ii) Restrictions and opportunities of the Bear River Compact
iii) Current law and The Prior Appropriation Doctrine
iv) Improving existing allocations
v) Water transfers and marketing feasibility
vi) Water storage
vii) Water conservation
b) Groundwater Definitions
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i) Rights, availability and uses
2) Water Quality
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a) Water quality impacts and benefits
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i) Municipal
ii) Agricultural
iii) Recreational
iv) Industrial/Mining
v) Subdivisions and infrastructure developments (roads, highways, etc.)
vi) Groundwater
vii) Water flow/quality interaction
b) Water quality standards and regulation (i.e. TMDLs)
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i) Historical perspective
ii) Point and non-point source differentiation
iii) Coordinating standards with neighboring states
c) Water quality solutions
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i) Locally driven and citizen-based problem solving
ii) Monitoring activities
iii) State agencies and local conservation district involvement
3) Future Demands and Growth
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a) Current allocation patterns
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i) Water rights
ii) Community heritage
b) Potential shortages by water use sector
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i) Land and water availability
c) Opportunities and solutions to meet existing and future shortages
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i) Efficiency
ii) New technology
iii) Additional Upper Division storage
iv) Groundwater
v) Public education
d) Miscellaneous growth issues (i.e. floodplains, open space)
4) Habitat, Wildlife and Fisheries
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a) Examine impacts and benefits of existing and future water management
activities
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i) Habitat benefits or impacts of agriculture
ii) Impacts and benefits of water storage projects
b) Compatibility of consumptive and non-consumptive uses of water
c) Endangered species issues and solutions
d) Cost sharing opportunities for projects with benefits to habitat,
wildlife and fisheries
5) Economics
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a) Evaluation of economic impacts
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i) Growth and Developments
ii) Agriculture
iii) Additional Storage
iv) New technology and efficiency practices
v) Water quality improvements & cost/benefit analysis
vi) Recreation/Tourism
vii) Marketing water resources
b) Solution funding
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i) Water conservation incentives
ii) Industrial partnerships
iii) Growth financing
iv) Cost share with other beneficiaries
v) Water rate structuring
vi) Taxation
vii) Water marketing revenues
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