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Recreational Water Use: Golf Courses

 
 

Platte River Basin golf courses typically consumptively use water for irrigation. Some facilities use treated domestic or industrial wastewater for irrigation. Other golf courses have private groundwater wells or use treated water supplied by the nearest town or city. There are five golf courses in the South Platte subbasin. The following table summarizes information regarding these golf courses, including the estimated quantity of irrigation water that is consumptively used at each golf course during “normal” or average years. To view a map of other recreation sites located in the South Platte subbasin click here.

Golf courses in the South Platte subbasin

Golf Course
Location
Acreage
Source of Supply
Municipal Supply
(yes / no / partial)
Total Consumptive Use during normal years
(acre-feet)
Prairie View Golf Course
Cheyenne, WY
70
Potable water
Yes
155
Airport Country Club
Cheyenne, WY
150
Board of Public Utilities (Kiwanis Lake)
Yes
333
Cheyenne Country Club
Cheyenne, WY
122
Board of Public Utilities (Lake Absarraca)
Yes
269
F.E. Warren Air Force Base Golf Course
Cheyenne, WY
174.9
Board of Public Utilities (Lake Pearson)
Yes
386
Little America Golf Course
Cheyenne, WY
65.7
Wells, City supplied water, gray water from wastewater treatment plant
Partial
146
 
 


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.
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