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<br />1994/95 Grant Recipients
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<br />County: Pueblo ]
<br />Funding: $48,509
<br />Start Date:' 4/18/95 '
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<br />, Colorado State Univ.'
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<br />The CooNrative Extension in Pueblo is conducting a field ,esearch and demonstration site to . '
<br />'demon~trate'new ,irrigation application ,techryology'ai1.d. ~ize ,e'conomic b~Aefits.. of this technology to ,
<br />. encou'rageirrigators to use more effectiV!!- water management. -The- technology will include'surge \ "
<br />and LEPA" systems cpmbined ~ith 'compi.tt(!ri~~d irrigation scheduling based on/,the_use-ofsolar:~' .
<br />'powerMweather stations with cell~iaT'i;om;"unications, Alfalfa and othedegumes and grasses
<br />will be part of the' project to study other possible practices to reduce salt and nitrate loading,
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<br />Delta ]
<br />$37.760 ",
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<br />The CooperativeExte,!sion inoDelta is conducting afield research and demonstration site'to 'evalu-
<br />at'esubsuiface micro-irrigation using buried d~iplines, These are T-t(jP'e, Typhoon, porous tube ,,'
<br />lines ,to be- comp~red to surface method'of irrigation: This p~ojects wilCprovid< an evaliuition l?f
<br />water use efficienc,! In tenns bf amoun/~sed and yield obtained, economic e~aluation ilf/he sub, '
<br />surface system,' life expectancy 6fthe 'sy~tem, monitor salt movementin the soil profile, and develop
<br />ET datCfbase for strawbfrries and irrigation scheduling, ' '
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<br />, ] The project consist~ of demonstrating the applicability of surge technology on heavy textured soils
<br />Coun~y: Bent in Bent Soil Conservation District Tlie project will include documenta;~on OJ the surge techilOlogy
<br />Fund~ng: . $36,480 _ on irrigationl efficlency, farm economics, fann management, and plant-soil-water interrelationships.
<br />Start Date. 2/15/94 The project will develop the media resourceMo cpnvey information to other fann malUlgers and the
<br />B S 'Z CD' affects of surge technology on ground ":ater resources and irrigation return flows, to the Arkansas
<br />ent Of ons. lSt. river.,
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<br />" The' Wtstery;- ~~-taiJ.i(:al'so~ieo/ ~illiUffzP ~aw water from.-the CoJorado ~iver i~to a -sm,alr~~gi-
<br />neered wetland w~ich wUf-se,rye as a primary filter for overall-irfigati<(n system. Water)vUtl;e
<br />puniped.throug~,{j drip irrigation_~ystem.' The garden 'will. have a one/acre xeriscape_ ~hd na,tive.
<br />pJant gardery" Various demO/istration plots will illustrate the affects of soil improvement,' plant
<br />'material sele~tion, garden design, and water application techniqufs, " ,
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<br />]," This P, rO,'i,,~ct,CO,!,i.!tsof,Y-W,Well Te;ting A~s;'iiation:deveIOPing,','mprov,eme, n,t,s, in,'the;",el,l testing, .
<br />, program and computeme the gypsum block calculatIOns so these programs produce professIOnal ,
<br />repo,rts in the field The project >Vii/Include, development of the necessdrjsoftware to produce high
<br />: quality, on site professional report evaluating an irrigation system s efficiency, and analyze gypsum
<br />\ , I hI,ack reading; to maximize water management. - .' e.._
<br />" y- W Well Testing A,ss,
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<br />',Yuma
<br />$3.750
<br />3/1/94
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<br />County: Weld '0
<br />Funding: $loo.ooO
<br />Slatt Date: - 2/\5194 '
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<br />Univ.,Of Northern Co.
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<br />Theproject consists of a feasibility study. to. examine three methods of getting water to the ,
<br />Uni\!ersity campus. .A plcIn for buildi~g ,an irrigation" system tQ conserve water will then be written
<br />a~d construqtion begun on those plans, Theproject is designed and built on the, expectation that
<br />th'e University will reaUze both dollar and potdble water savings by the ,use_olraW"water and mea-
<br />sured irrigatioh~syste~.-'; The:latesi irrigcltion telemetry will be utilized-,to experiment .with water
<br />conservation te~isior selected ar~'as. --
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<br />The project con;,ists of developing guidelines for implementation of an agric~ltural wati~options
<br />program (known as "dry,-yeaPoptiqns" program thatwil/ allbwshdnng ofwdt~r supplies byagri-
<br />cult~ral and -municipal user." .The goans to maximize efficient' use of scarte' water resqurc€;s '
<br />through arrangements 'that allow municipalities to pbtain additional water supplies duri!1g dry,
<br />periods, while maintaining a healthy agriCultural;ector. '
<br />Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. .
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<br />$12.000, .
<br />,3/1/94 .
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