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<br />~ <br />UJ <br />UJ <br />00 <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS <br /> <br />The author~ are deeply indebted to the many individuals who <br />carefully attended to the daily details of the field data collec- <br />tion and the laboratory analyses. These people include <br />Ms. Barbara Mancuso, ,Mr. John Bargsten, Mr. Forrest Binder, <br />Mr. Gregory Sharpe, Mr. David Flower, Mr. Douglas Ely, Mr. Patrick <br />O'Connor and Mr. Larry Rumburg. In addition, Mr. Richard L. Aust <br />and Mr. Stephen W. Smith contributed greatly towards the success <br />of the Irrigation Field Days. <br /> <br />The oo6peration of all the landowners and irrigators on the <br />project who contributed labor, shared costs, and expended much <br />effort for the construction and operation of the lateral and on- <br />farm improvements is greatly appreciated. Their willingness to <br />participate in this investigation is undoubtedly one of the major <br />factors for the degree of improvement that was achieved. <br /> <br />The cooperation and assistance of the Grand yunction Drain- <br />age District was greatly appreciated and special thanks are due <br />Mr. Howard K. Hiest, Mr. Capper Alexander, Mr. Wesley Land, and <br />Mr. Bill Huber of the:Board of Directors and Mr. Charles Tilton, <br />Superintendent, and their staff. ThanKs also go to Mr. Charles <br />Sowman, Superintendent of the Mesa County Road Department and his <br />staff for their assistance in the project. The ,efforts and <br />assistance of Mr. Rob~rt Henderson and the Directors of the Grand <br />Valley Irrigation Company, Mr. William Klapwyk and the Directors <br />of the Grand Valley W~ter Users Association, and the other irri- <br />gation companies in the area were extremely helpful. A complete <br />list of all other age$cies and Grand Valley busi~esses who con- <br />tributed to this project would take several pa~es and, therefore, <br />a collective and hear~felt thanks goes to each of them. <br /> <br />The i+rigation sbheduling computer ~ervice was provided by <br />the Bureau of Reclama~ion, USDI, Grand Junction Office. We <br />gratefully recognize ~r. Bill McCleneghan, Mr. Blaine Richards, <br />Mr. Ray White, and Mrj Jack Ticen for their assistance. <br />I <br />Special acknowle~gment goes to Ms. Debra Wilson and Ms. Sue <br />Eastman for typing the many drafts of this report. <br /> <br />Finally, the efforts and advice given by the EPA project <br />Officer, Dr. James P. iLaw, Jr., have been extremely helpful in <br />the successful pursuit of this project. He has generously given <br />of his time to cooper*tively achieve the goals of their project. <br /> <br />xvi <br />