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nomic Development Administration. During 1973 rep- resentatives of the District, working through Senator Peter H. Dominick's Office, corresponded with and held meetings with Officials from the Farmers Home Administration, to determine the possibility of getting the Proposed Water Treatment Plants funded under the "Rural Development Act of 1972". Unfortunately little progress was made due to the fact a National Policy had not been set for implementing that Act, nor were funds made available. Directors are optimistic a spe- cific Proposal can be developed in 1974, relative to the Proposed Pipeline and Treatment Plants. . Research continued on the Proposed "Fountain Valley Pipe]ine", under the Chairmanship of Director John Huebsch, of Colorado Springs. A Special Com. mittee consisting of Officials from the eligible entities who will benefit from the Proposed Pipeline, held nu. merous meetings, and a "Supply-Demand Study", pre. pared for the District by the Engineering Firm of Black and Veatch. was completed in August of 1973. That Study concludes that in 2020 the entities of Co]o- rado Springs. Fountain, Security, Stratmoor Hills and Widefield, will require 36.055 acre-feet annually, and the Committee and the Bureau of Redamation pro- ceeded to study sizing the Pipeline and alignment. During the year Officials from the entities also recommended that serious consideration he given to the possibility of constructing a single Treatment Plant near the inlet .....orks on the Arkansas River East of Canon City, rather than requiring each of the entities to construct, operate and maintain individual Treat- ment Plants. This concept follows closely the recom- mendations regarding the Proposed Arkansas Valley Conduit. A second contract was entered into between the District and Black and Veatch to determine the economic feasibility of such a proposal. It is hoped that early in 1974 a decision can he made by the enti- lies regarding the Treatment Plant factor and sizing and alignment of the Pipeline, and the District will then be able to enter into a contract with the United Slates of America for the construction and repayment of the Pipeline, and subcontracts with the entities to repay the costs of the Pipeline. COOPERATIVE STUDIES The Disrtict has cooperated with the U.S. Geo- (ogical Surver, State Engineer, Colorado Water Con- servation Board and other Agencies, in Water Supplr Studies in the Arkansas River Basin, and early in 1973 the Board of Directors authorized the continuation of these Studies. One of the most extensive Programs has been conducted in the groundwater aquifer between Pueblo and the Kansas Stateline. All data has been committed 10 Analog and Digital Computers, whereby long.range water supply and water demand Studies can he conducted. Detailed groundwater characteristic studies were continued in the Wet Mountain, Upper 15 '::J .::> .- 00 -.,J o Arkansas and Fountain Valleys, along with Black Squirrel Creek, in order that additional data might be made available to the District and to decree holders sen'ed in those areas. The Transportation Time and Transmission Loss Study. initiated three years ago be. tween Twin Lakes and the area just below Pueblo, was also continued to identify the amount of water lost or temporarily held in bank storage during the transportation between those two points. AH of these Studies are extremely critical to the District in their long-range managenlent of the Fryingpan - Arkansas Project. and other Water Resource Programs in \....hich the Distrirct will become involved. OFFICIAL WATER MEETINGS The District is necessarilv involved in Local. Stat~, Regional, Basin and NatiO'na] Resource Manage~ ment Programs, and it is thereby necessary that rep- resentatives be activp. in a number of Water Resource Associations. The Board of Directors adopted a Policy several years ago encouraging individual members of the Board to attend various Meetings, Symposiums, Workshops and Tours, to gather information and data to be used by the Board in long-range planning. As a result of this responsibility, representatives from the District have testified before the Congress of the United States and the Colorado General Assembly: actively participated in activities of the Water Re- sources Congress, National Water Resources Associa- tion. Colorado River Water Users Association. Four Stat~s Irrigation Council, Arkansas River Basin Inter- state Committee, Arkansas Basin Deve]opment Assot:ia. tion, Colorado Water Congress. Colorado Water Con. servation Board, Fry.Ark Operating Principles Com- mittee, Colorado River Advisory Committee, Arkansas River Compact Adll1inistration, National Water Com- mission, Water Resources Council and other Special Water Resource Committees or Agencies appointed from time to time. PUBLICATIONS In 1967, the Board of Directors authorized the printing of a series of Brochures to explain the legal aspects of the District; the Operating Principles of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project; the Contract with the Vnited States and the District for repayment of the reimbursable portion of the Project~ Water Laws ana Decrees on the Arkansas River: a description of the U.s. Geological Survey Analog Computer Program: a Dictionary of Water Terms: a Brochure descrihing the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project; a publication on "Proposed Winter Storage Programll. and Annual Reports. It is planned that additional historical and other publications will be added to the series, and copies can be obtained, at no cost. at the District Offices, 905 Highwav 50 We,I. Puebl", Colorado 81008. ;.... -,-' 16 -~.- :-,. ..- ',r.,.". : _.._'..... .. .......