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<br />Grand/junction Proj..ct~ (Ifff.~"
<br />trrilation Mansgemsnt Services
<br />Grand Valley - 1973
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<br />Purposa
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<br />The ..ater re.ource. and qu.Uty of ~.'lt..r In th- Western United
<br />St.tes l.s".becollllng lnerellalngly lmporta'.l a. I he dn..anda of w.ter u.e
<br />~~eu.e become greater.
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<br />The Irrlgatlon Scbeduling .nd Manag""~nt Fro"r.,.. waa l"",le~nted
<br />to .ssl.t lrrlgator. In tbe Grand Valley are" 1,,,;," ,ve tbelr crops and
<br />.1.0 be benefici.l to the quallty of w~l;cr In the Color.do Rlver Baain.
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<br />Kodern technic.l developments made Bvallable tu the irrlgator, by
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation, can help In th.. ded8~ol of proper lrrig.tion
<br />Intervals aad application rate..
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<br />Progre.s
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<br />Excellent progre.. was made thl.
<br />clpant. tbrougbout the Grand Valley.
<br />gatlon entitles, were .cbeduled.
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<br />year wlth an lncrea.e In partl-
<br />Fields, unuer each of the lrri-
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<br />One bundred twenty f.rms were .cbeduled thls g~a.on. This Includea
<br />thr... study f.rms for the Colorado State Unlvers.!ty. Crop eonsul'lptive
<br />u.e .... .lso furniahed to the Colorado Water COll'.'.," vat ion Bonrd .:ld tbe
<br />J.ar1cultur.l Researcb Service for use on their rupective .tudy project.
<br />upon requut.
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<br />Forty-three of the 46 particlpant. fr<>1D th~ .1"'12 8('-'180n w.are c.rried
<br />. over t.o the 1973 s..aaon with "",at increll;:!og .tle II ..b"r of .cheduled flelda.
<br />Scme particlp.nts have included tbelr total C:lrm o'..re"I;" for lrrigatlon
<br />ach..duUng.
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<br />For the 1973 .ea.On approdlMtely 56'.) Held. ......l'n~."ntlng 7,200 .cre.
<br />loin scbeduled weekly. The number of fiddli I!"d "cr~. varled .Ught ly from
<br />week to week becauae of additional crop plnnti'lr,r, "r harve.to.
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<br />Due to the de.sert envlronment .urro.mdin'l th" ~nviron..ental Data Servlce
<br />weather .tation at Walker Field alrport " c()"."lct:., 'Jl'[\ther IItotion was
<br />InnalIed withln the irrlgated area by ti,,, UC""AU d Itr.cllUIl3tion. The
<br />6tatio\1, which 1s more representative of cUr.l,:ic ...n:Utlon. in the
<br />irrigated .rea, la maintained end servlu.d I>y in L1:"tion IIcbcduUng
<br />per8OD~el. Rent ls pdd to a pRrUcip!lr: fy! r '"". I [ t.he lan.l and d.lly
<br />clilll8t,tc re.dlng. .re made by Lh" partlcll-~n.t'6 "!(e.
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