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<br />No-till works with
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<br />furrow irrigation
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<br />USDA-ARS (Department of
<br />Agriculture-Agricultural Research
<br />Service) researchers found that
<br />no-till can be used successfully
<br />for some furrow-irrigated crops
<br />and net the same yield as. or
<br />more than, those from conven-
<br />tional farming.
<br />Winter wheat, spring wheat.
<br />and corn were no-tilled into an al-
<br />falfa stubble under furrow irriga-
<br />tion. The alfalfa was sprayed
<br />with herbicides in the fall and
<br />seeded with winter wheat a few
<br />days later or planted the follow-
<br />ing spring with spring wheat or
<br />corn.
<br />The research shows the crops
<br />used the nitrogen which was
<br />released into the soil after the al-
<br />falfa was killed, and that the stub-
<br />ble does not prevent irrigation
<br />water from traveling down the fur-
<br />rows to water the wheat or corn
<br />crop.
<br />For more information, contact
<br />David Carter, Soil Scientist.
<br />Snake River Conservation
<br />Research Center. Route 1, Box
<br />186, Kimberly, 10 83341, (208)
<br />423-5582.
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<br />Personnel changes
<br />
<br />Fred Krauss, Agricultural
<br />Source Program Manager,
<br />Colorado River Water Quality Of-
<br />fice, Denver, retired from the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation effective
<br />July 3, 1987, after 30 years of
<br />Federal service. Fred has coor-
<br />dinated the agricultural source
<br />program since late 1981 and has
<br />worked closely with the Soil Con-
<br />servation Service in achieving
<br />water and salt budgets that both
<br />Reclamation and SCS can agree
<br />upon. Through his chairmanship
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<br />of the TPCC (Technical and
<br />Policy Coordinating Committee),
<br />the two agencies have come to
<br />agreement on several issues.
<br />Bill Evans, USDA Colorado
<br />River Basin Salinity Control Coor-
<br />dinator, is leaving his position in
<br />the Colorado River Salinity Con-
<br />trol Program to return to
<br />Portland, Oregon, as Head, En-
<br />gineering Division, West National
<br />Technical Services Center. Bill
<br />has worked for SCS in the Water
<br />Quality Office the past two years
<br />to achieve the maximum coor-
<br />dination possible between the
<br />two agencies.
<br />John Williams, the Salinity
<br />Control Coordinator in the Upper
<br />Colorado Regibn',~is retiring effec-
<br />tive September 3, 1987. John
<br />has been a strong supporter of
<br />the Colorado River Water Quality
<br />Improvement Program over the
<br />years and has been instrumental
<br />in moving the program forward in
<br />the Upper Colorado River Basin.
<br />Martin Roche: Planning Of-
<br />ficer, Durango Projects Office,
<br />Durango, Colorado, is retiring ef-
<br />fective September 3, 1987, and is
<br />planning to consult on water
<br />resources problems. Martin has
<br />also been a major participant in
<br />the planning of the Paradox Val-
<br />ley Unit. the McElmo Creek Unit
<br />(now the Dolores Project), and
<br />the San Juan River Unit.
<br />
<br />Who cares about
<br />water? Very, very few
<br />
<br />What are the most pressing
<br />problems facing the state?
<br />Water, according to a recent
<br />California Poll, is'nt one of them.
<br />The poll reported in January that
<br />water issues ranked 20th on a list
<br />of more than 35 perceived
<br />problems. Only 2 percent of
<br />those polled said water con-
<br />cerned them. In contrast, water
<br />
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<br />
<br />ranked seventh in importance in
<br />1977, the state's worst drought
<br />year in 55 years.
<br />Reprinted from MWD Focus, Num-
<br />ber 2, 1987
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<br />San Juan River Unit
<br />
<br />A series of approximately 50
<br />ground water monitoring wells
<br />have been installed and sampled
<br />in the Hammond irrigation area.
<br />Data from these sites are being
<br />used to generate a ground water
<br />surface-countour map of the area
<br />between Largo Wash and Munoz
<br />Wash. The mapping will distin-
<br />guish various sources contribut-
<br />ing to high ground water in the
<br />area below the main canal.
<br />
<br />Rethinking Reuse: A
<br />Water Supply for Our
<br />Future
<br />
<br />The title report is the 1986-87
<br />Journal of Freshwater, a 32-
<br />page, full-color Journal that
<br />focuses on reuse as a viable
<br />"new" source of water supply.
<br />Through this overview. the Jour-
<br />nal seeks to assist in the process
<br />of "rethinking" reuse as a water
<br />supply or our future.
<br />For more information. contact
<br />the Freshwater Foundation,
<br />2500 Shadywood Road, Box 90,
<br />Navarre, MN 55392.
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<br />Navajo powerplant
<br />agreement signed
<br />
<br />The signing of a formal agree-
<br />ment to build a 2,000 Mw coal-
<br />fired generating station on the
<br />Navajo Indian Reservation near
<br />Farmington, N.M., has stepped
<br />up efforts to obtain firm commit-
<br />ments from utilities for the
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