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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />RESOURCES USED TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT <br /> <br />A. Publications: <br /> <br />1. Water Requirements for Urban Lawns, published in August, 1980 <br />by the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado <br />State University. <br /> <br />2. Irrigation Water Requirements - Technical Release No. 21, <br />published in 1970 by the United States Department of Agriculture. <br />Soil Conservation Service. <br /> <br />B. Contacts: <br /> <br />1. Soil Conservation Service, Pueblo, Colorado <br /> <br />2. Department of Agronomy, Colorado State University <br /> <br />3. Motorola/Toro manufacturers representatives <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT <br /> <br />Portions of the CMHIP campus are currently made available to the City of <br />Pueblo for recreational use. For example, CMHIP maintains a softball field <br />used by both CMHIP and the City's Parks and Recreation Department. ' <br />Irrigation cost savings will help to make it possible for CMHIP to continue <br />to participate in this mutually beneficial arrangement. <br /> <br />Additionally. other State agencies such as the Department of Corrections <br />and Division of Youth Services, which currently have facilities on the <br />CMHIP campus, may choose to be added to the CMHIP irrigation control <br />system resulting in further savings of water and tax dollars. <br /> <br />5. SHARING RESULTS OF WATER CONSERVATION WITH THE <br />COMMUNITY <br /> <br />CMHIP currently pursues an open and amicable relationship with the City <br />of Pueblo, Pueblo Board of Water Works, and other Federal, State, and <br />Local public agencies in the region and would continue to share informa- <br />tion of this nature that is of mutual interest, when requested by these <br />agencies in a proper manner. <br /> <br />6. INNOVATIVE FEATURES OF THE PROJECT <br /> <br />It is anticipated that this system will be the first in the southern part of <br />Colorado to employ a weather station input and "hard wired" connection <br />between the central computer and all field satellites. This project will be <br />an example of how existing campuses and facilities elsewhere in Colorado <br />could benefit from the installation of similar computer controlled irrigation <br />systems. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />PLANNINGIIMPLEMENT A TION <br /> <br />Planning and implementation of the project will involve only CMHIP. <br /> <br />-12- <br />