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Environmental Water Use
 
 

Environmental water use within the Platte River Basin includes maintenance of minimum stream flow rates and reservoir water levels to protect new and existing fisheries and wildlife habitat. The following regulatory tools are used by state and federal agencies to produce and protect fisheries and habitat in the Platte River Basin:



 
 
 
 


The Platte River Basin Plan is a planning tool developed for the Wyoming Water Development Office. It presents estimated current and estimated future uses of water in WyomingÆs Platte River Basin. The Plan is not used to determine compliance with or administration of state law, federal law, court decrees, interstate compacts, or interstate agreements.
Wyoming Water Development Commission
6920 Yellowtail Road
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Ph. (307) 777-7626
Fax (307) 777-6819