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<br />/ <br /> <br />o <br />N <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />B~reBu of Reclamation <br />Grand/junction Proj..ct~ (Ifff.~" <br />trrilation Mansgemsnt Services <br />Grand Valley - 1973 <br /> <br />Purposa <br /> <br />.--- <br /> <br />/ <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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.. <br /> <br />Progre.s <br /> <br />Excellent progre.. was made thl. <br />clpant. tbrougbout the Grand Valley. <br />gatlon entitles, were .cbeduled. <br /> <br />year wlth an lncrea.e In partl- <br />Fields, unuer each of the lrri- <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />:;.:.-:....-. <br />:';:;.'\. <br />~ y" . <br /> <br />...... <br />;.;. .:.:. <br />~~/2~~';i: <br />;"}::'J:I <br /> <br />,.::.;. <br />, <br />~~.:. "'.: <br /> <br />. ~. ;.. <br /> <br />:;.:~t:.::~'.: <br />::';-. ;;~.:~ <br />:'.:','". <br />:..:..... <br /> <br />......~ :.. <br /> <br />;-",:< <br /> <br />,':':..<:.'1 <br /> <br />.,::.:.:; <br /> <br />.....:.:,..:: <br /> <br />',="'~ ' <br />.:" ,".-. <br />c";" ,'-'. <br /> <br />". .'," <br />'::'. :":::"~' ". <br />~~f?~f~ <br />- <br /> <br />'-'. <br />':." <br />~\;~~;; <br />: .:~. ~" <br />~<-\} <br /> <br />-~. '-~:,.". <br />'" ~. <br />"':,:, <br />;'>>";.: <br />~i;:'ii.;; <br />:>}.~~< <br />'"\;''::'.'",: <br />::\:~<~~~ I <br />:-:-':'-::'.:" <br />~,,: <br />......,. <br />," i"-~'~.~ <br /> <br />~i~ <br /> <br />........ <br /> <br />~. '; :....~L <br /> <br />.....,.. <br />~:.' ..:;. .' <br />i.'.:,.<1 <br /> <br />':',"'. <br /> <br />-,"', <br />".'. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />, ' -'.. . ". . . .. -,'. . ~. ;,~. ('..'",:,~,-".,.:,;,..'..,'."-',:,>,;.-.:',. ';_".: ,_' " :-..-.:.:..' .'.'.:',.:,.-:...'..~.'-'~. :".'.';.,-::,".:._.' '...'..".-:,..-':, :.'..:::.<. . '.'.,.:. ):.',.,:,.',;,":,'..;..'.-~,~..:.'.:...:,~ ".'" .::,:i......_..-,:. ,.,":::."~-'.'.,...._....-...:...':.:...)~::.{..;_:;.,..i..:.,~.:._.....~_::.:.,..,:..:"".,-:..:~.;..:..~..',.::'.:~':'.~.,'...__'.':,'...',:.~;..<'..:'.,......~.:,...~~..'....,'~.:':~;:;.:.:.:.:.:...:;:..~:..-.'...,:.'..:.....>:-..:... .. . '. <br />>.~~ ;:.~:::::~?~::~.:~...-?y~:.;~:.r~::'}j~;:.:--:~~~~.:>:~ ~;.;~~:~~~:;_..;:.~/~:i:~~?~~~~-;~:~~.:.:;i.:.:;..;::::: '.' . - . _':; _:'.. ' ,_ _ _ . " '_ _ <br />""'... '." ;:-,:--:":..~~,~:~~:... ":';::":;.'~--: .....--..... :. "':"< .. . , .; ".: .;.-.' <br />