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<br />requirements for the District to Intervene in as many <br />Cases in the future will be lessened. <br /> <br />o COOPERA TlVE STUDIES <br />a <br />.... The members 01 the Board 01 Directors 01 the <br />~istrict have long bad a .Policy of developing factual <br />~information on the entire water regime in the Arkansas <br />cnRiver Basin, and have entered into Cooperative Agree. <br />ments with various Federal and Slate Agencies to de. <br />velop sucb data. <br /> <br />A Cooperative Study with tbe U.S. Geological <br />Survey was continued in 1977, which ,developed infor- <br />mation on the ground ~ water' ch!lracteristics' in the <br />Salida-Buena Vista.Poncho Springs triangle, the Wet <br />Mountain 'Valley, and the Lower Arkans~s region..The <br />results of these studies will be carefully measured by <br />the District, U.S.G.S. and atate offici,als, in an attempt <br />to develop a long.range Water_management P,rogram <br />utilizing the facilities' of the Fryingp8n-Arka:nsas,Proj~ <br />eel and such other Projeds as may be developed from <br />.time to time:' ' <br /> <br />In 1976,. the Board 01 Directors 01 the District <br />approved 8 'request from, the' Board 'of Trustees of the <br />Water Storage Program between tbe U .5'- Geologic~l <br />Survey and the District be undertaken in 1977.to de- <br />termine: the 'Transit Loss-Transit Time" involved in <br />th~' release' of stored ',waters Jrom Pueblo Reservoir. <br />Unfortunately, the .River conditions w~re at' an, all <br />tiine Jow, and it was 'impossible for the. Irrigation <br />. Con,lpanies to' coordin8;te :-their runs, due to the urgent, <br />dema~& for .their. ~rrjgation ~ater,. CO~5equently, the <br />Study was not as productive as everyone ,~ad hoped <br />for.. However, additional cdtical data were obtatJted <br />:which will'he ,used in subsequent Studies. The Board <br />also. approved theinstallaiion. of a Satellite Gaging <br />Station to provide more immediate and more .detailed <br />information on river conditions, and a.)5.0 agreed on a <br />Program to study return flow. Copies. oi aU Studies <br />and Reports are made, available to the District, and <br />plaCed in the Library for'use.by interested parties. <br /> <br />OFFICIAL MEETINGS <br /> <br />Water Resource ,Management Programs have be. <br />'come universal in nature, and it is, therefore, ne~essary <br />that 'officials from the District be aelive in local, state,. <br />regional, national and'world water organizations. Suc~ <br />participation enables representatives from the District <br />to disseminate material on the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />,Project and the area served by the District,: and at the <br />.same time affords them the opportunity to gath~r infor- <br />mation on water resource programs in other parts of <br />the world whicb can be utilized beneficially in long- <br />range planning in the Valley. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br /> <br />,:, Representatives from the District who attend such <br />,twater meetings' report to the Board at the next meeting, <br />~nd provide s~ch printed material as is available. Much <br />'~?J the material is then reproduced and mailed to in- <br />terested people in the District, and throughout the <br />'tate and nation. Organizations with which the District <br />is closely associated include the Water Resources Con. <br />gress, Na~ional Water Resources Association, Colorado <br />iver Water Users Association, Arkansas River Basin <br />ntersta~e Committee, Four States .Irrigation Council, <br />.colorado, Water Congress, Colorado Water Conserva. <br />tion Board,. Fryingpan-Arkansas Operating Principles' <br />~Committee. Arkallsas River Compact Administration, <br />and special committee!5 and commissions appointed. by <br />~the President of the United States, the Congress, or tlle <br />:Goverr~or of the State.of Colorado. <br /> <br />.' . The District was sing~l~rly ,honored during 1977 <br />~:,'when: Director ~alph Adkins 'was elected President of <br />:,tne Colorado Water Congress, at the Annual Meeting <br />..:,'in Denver in February, and General Manager Charles <br />'~' ,f.. ,Thomson was elected President of- the 50 'Slate <br />~,; Water ~esources Congress at the Annual, Meeting ill <br />l'St. Louis,' in, February. In December Mr. Thoim;on' <br />~: ~8'S elected to the' Boa'rd' of Directors of the Colorado <br />) ,Riyer' Water Users', Association at thei; An'nual Meet- <br />,',jng. in).as Vegas. .Thomson a).so received the coveted' <br />,~"Headgate Award" a~ t.h~ Annual Meetin'g of the Four <br />; Stat~s Ir,rigation Council in' Denver, in January. <br />.. ...." . " <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />,DISTRICT LIBRARY <br /> <br />", 'The District is o~ a nurnber ~f I~ailing,lists,'an-d. <br />"':. receive's regull;lr' publications on a \!"'ide variety or: wa- <br />ter resource marJagement'progrBrns, and those publica- <br />,tions; in addition to the ones' which members or direc- <br />,,' '~.or.s' aDd.' staff' ob,tain at official water. !l1eetings" are <br />. made a PC!rt of. the ever:increasing' librar}' in the Dis- <br />,,~'ri,ct Offkp..s. Di~tdct' Q{Hcials are, plea~ when, stu- <br />;,' dents' from, ace8\yide schools, parti.c'ulady instit,utions <br />r of higher learning,' use the resOUrce facilities 'at. the <br />, ...p,istrict Library - in' the preparation of term papers alld <br />;' material for speeches and debates. Water resource h1l.l,t- <br />.\ .ters -aTe comple~ by .th,ej'r ve~y nature,' 8l)d if is helpful <br />fto' the o~~r-all program wnen p~ople avail" themselves <br />~of our ':authentic data' and information,. rather than' <br />~~pure'speculation. ' ...' <br />" <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />" <br />I: <br />I' <br />.' <br />Ii <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />I; <br />Ii <br />I[ <br />" <br /> <br />Ii <br />I <br />" <br />" <br />Ii <br />,. <br />II <br />'. <br />I <br />~ I <br />I, <br />I <br />I <br />Ii <br />II <br />II <br />I: <br />Ii <br />