BOARD01528

• Board Meeting Date: 2/26/1942
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

Southwestern Colorado Water Conservation Distriot. and oommended his interest
in meetings of the state board.

The direotor reported on the progress of the investigation on the Little
Snake River and discussion ensued concerning oompaot negotiations between
Colorado and Wyoming upon oompletion of the ourrent investigation by the Bureau
of Reolamation.

The finanoial report was then brought up for oonsideration and the
direotor stated that two men have reoently left the staff of the board, end that
they probably would not be replaoed beoause of the necessity of saving money
for expenses incident to the A~kansas and North Platte interstate litigation,

The direotor presented a report on the cooperative agreement between the
Board and the U. S. Geological Survey on stre8.ll1 gaging work to seoure water-
supply data related to projeot development.

A disoussion of the matter of an under ground water study in cooperation
with the U. S. Geologioal Survey then followed. during which a letter from Mr.
G. L. Parker, Chief Hydraulic Engineer of the Geologioal Survey, dated September
18, 1941, outlining a tentative proposal was considered.

Mr. Hinderlider moved and the motion was duly seoonded that the
matter of entering into a oooperative underground water study with
the U. S. Geologioal Survey be left to the Direotor and that he ad-
vise the members by letter by July 1st, so that action may be taken
by that time.

The motion was seconded and oarried.

A map and tabulation of the stream gaging stations being operated by the
U. S. Geological Survey and the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. in oooperation
with the Colorado Water Conservation Board was then examined by the members
of the board. The direotor was instructed to prepare a list of these gaging .
stations as well as a list of the regular stream gaging 'stations being operated
by the State Engineer in oooperation with the U. S. Geologioal Survey and
furnish oopies to members of the board.

The negotiations between the meadowland and tr&nsmountain water users of
water from the Laramie River basin in Colorado were next disoussed and the
status of these negotiations explained.

The minutes of the board meeting held on July 23. .1941 were read, oorreoted
and, as correoted, by motion duly made, seoonded and oarried, approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 1110 p.m., February 27, 1942.

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