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<br />.-- <br /> <br />Some of the problems with "perched" water tables is due to over-irrigation. Farmers are <br /> <br />looking for new methods of applying irrigation water more effectively to get the most dollars <br /> <br />from each inch of water they apply. The workshop will start with registration at 9:00 am and the <br /> <br />morning session will feature Mike Bartolo of the Colorado State University's Arkansas Valley <br /> <br />Research Center talking about drip irrigation as a cost-wise method of applying water, especially <br /> <br />to vegetable crops. This and the use of plastic mulches maximize the use of water and allows the <br /> <br />farmer to produce higher yielding, more profitable crops, Rick Lentz of the USDA-ARS from <br /> <br />Kimberly. Idaho will discuss his latest findings on PAM, a polymer used to reduce erosion and <br /> <br />increase infiltration on furrow irrigated land, PAM to control erosion has grown very rapidly in <br /> <br />the Arkansas from some eight acres in 1995 to over 10,000 acres in 1997, The morning session <br /> <br />will end with Jim Valliant reviewing the 1997 results of his work with polymers, both PAM and <br /> <br />HYDROGEL. Even with the bad harvest weather of 1997, tomato, pepper and onion yields <br /> <br />were increased by the use of PAM and HYDROGEL. <br /> <br /> <br />After lunch, which is being furnished from funding by the USDA Patterson Hollow <br /> <br /> <br />Hydrologic Unit Area Water Quality Project, the workshop will hear from Tom Musgrove, <br /> <br /> <br />Compliance Specialist with the Bureau of Reclamation, Tom will discuss Dam Issues at the <br /> <br />Pueblo Reservoir and give an update of the Field Services Program. New storage restrictions <br /> <br />will result in a net loss of38,000 acre-feet of storage to the Conservation Pool according the <br /> <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. "The District sees three near-term impacts <br /> <br /> <br />from the storage restrictions: I) diminished Project Water yields; 2) no storage in Pueblo <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir under the Winter Water Storage Program; and, 3) maintaining timely contract <br /> <br /> <br />repayment". Farmers will need to know the impact on their own operations, <br />