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AGENDA ITEM #4 d
WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ~
May 3, 1963
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Preliminary studies relative to establishing a network of obser-vation wells on the Western Slope are under way in May. A man is presently in the field inventorying and selecting possible observation wells. Periodic measurement of water levels in the wells will serve
as an index of ground-water conditions in that part of the State and will be very useful as background in future appraisal studies.
REPORT BY THE U. S.
The report, "Prospects for Irrigation in Eastern Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties, Colorado," by Arnold J. Boettcher was pUblished as Colorado Ground-Water Circular 7 and copies were transmitted to the Colorado Water Conservation Board on March 13, 1963.
The report, "Records, Logs, and V~ater-Level Measurements of Selected Wells and Test Holes, and Chemical Analyses of Ground Water in Bent County, Colorado," by Matthew E. Broom and James H. Irwin is being pUblished by the Denver GPO and should be completed during the week of May 6, 1963. It is designated Basic-Data Report No. 14.
The report, "Geology and Ground-Water Resources in Eastern
Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties, Colorado," by A. J. Boettcher was approved by the Director for release to the open file on March 27, 1963. The
report will be pUblished as a Water-Supply Paper. corrections to open-file copies should be completed by May 15.
The report, "potential Ground-Water Development in the Northern Part of the Colorado High Plains," by H. E. McGovern and D. L. Coffin was approved by the Director for release to the open file on April 2,
1963. The report will be pUblished at the Denver GPO as Colorado Ground-Water Circular 8. publication should be completed sometime after the middle of June.
The report, "Public \'later-Supply problems and possibilities for Artificial Recharge in Colorado," by E. A. Moulder, D. O. Gregg, and C. A. Horr was approved by the Director for release to the open file on April 16, 1963. The report is planned for pUblication as a
Circu-lar by the Colorado state University Agricultural Experiment station when funds are available. It is a supplement to CSU Agric. Exp. Sta. Gen. Series Bull. 757, "Public Water Supplies of Colorado, 1959-60," by
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D. O. Gregg, E. L. Meyer, M. M. Targy, and E. A. Moulder. Correc-tions to the open file copies should be completed by May 16.
At the request of the state Department of Health, the Quality of Water Branch of the Geological survey outlined a cooperative project
for collecting quality of water data in the state. Funds to support the mutually agreed upon project were requested by the state Depart-ment of Health. However, as the state funds were not appropirated, it will be necessary to postpone collecting the much needed data.
A new gaging station was established on the Gunnison River below Blue Mesa Dam at the request of Region 4 of the Bureau of Reclamation.
Good progress has been made on the Surface Water Report for the 1962 water year. We plan to send the report to the Government Print-ing Office in a week or two and expect to release it by July 1.
