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<br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. .f <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />I. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />.. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />SWSI <br /> <br />. Continued from Page 1 <br /> <br />- Gibson said that project has. <br />$5 million which is under the <br />guardianship of the Environmen- <br />tal Protection Agenc\' andAttor. <br />ney General and wilj be released <br />when an overall plan addressing <br />the restoration is in place. <br />;. Ground Water Recharge and <br />:Management Projects - "These <br />:things are being implemented <br />:all the time," Wright said. These <br />:are primarily individual efforts, <br />-he added. <br />: . Ground Water Management <br />Sub.dlstricts - "It's an idea <br />that's out there," Wright said. <br />"It's really the only thing out <br />there nght now, short of great <br />bIg water wars, and we are going <br />to contmue to explore it, but it <br />doesn't provide yield. It's a de- <br />mand control approach rather <br />than supply enhancement." <br />Wright said one third of the <br />targeted petitions in the closed <br />basin sub-district area have been <br />turned in to date. At least half of <br />the land owners owning half the <br />land have to turn in the petitions <br />to form the sub-district. Fees are <br />inv?lved, so "it's a tough sell," <br />Wright said. However, his sell- <br />ing point is "it becomes an alter- <br />native to a lot more draconian <br />measures," <br />. Ditch and Reservoir Reha- <br />bilitation and Enlargement - <br />Some repairs have been made to <br />area reservoirs, the group said, <br />but there has not been enough <br /> <br />. <br />" <br /> <br />wa ter vet to test them. Other. <br />repairs could still be made t<>j <br />increase efficiency and capacity.~ <br />. Upper Rio Grande Basin! <br />Vi ater OperationsReview- This! <br />is a Corps of Engineers/Bureau: <br />of Reclamation study which is <br />halftotwo.thirdscompleted, but' <br />it primarily affects New Mexico I <br />'Water Division Engineer Stev~! <br />Vandiver said. . <br />CWCB Director Rod Kuharichi <br />said "It would seem to me the" <br />project that should have a <br />bullseye painted on it would be <br />Elephant Butte." If it were bet~: <br />ter managed, it could benefit the <br />San Luis Valley, he said: <br />Vandiver said although Colorado' <br />has concerns about how the Bu:' <br />reau operates Elephant Buttd <br />Reservoir in New Mexico, Colo~ <br />rado is limited in what it can dd <br />about it.j <br />. Expanding Outreach and <br />Education - Education is aJ <br />ongoing effort through many! <br />projects, such as the river restoJ <br />ration. project,. the roundtab]~ <br />partICIpants saId. .1 <br />. Ground and Surface Watel] <br />Conservation Program - Cathy] <br />McNeil, SLY Association ofCon-: <br />servation Districts, explained the' <br />association is submitting a pro- <br />vasal to the state to obtain ground <br />and surface water conse"i'\'ation <br />funds in the Rio Grande Basin. <br />These funds have prc\'iously onlv <br />been available in the Ogallal;' <br />basin. <br /> <br />., <br />