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<br />SB92-87 Progress Report as of 3/99 (cont.) <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Y-W Well Testine: Association - Evaluate Irrigation Efficiency <br /> <br />Progress Status: Completed Funding: $3,750 Countv: Yuma <br />Completion Date: 1/31/96 Grant Contact: Conrad Bauer <br />Grant Purpose: To improve the well testing program and computerize gypsum block <br />calculations for field reporting. <br /> <br />This project resulted in allowing development of programs to save water and energy while <br />saving time with producers on location in the field using computerized gypsum block <br />calculations to produce professional reports. The actual water savings in 1996 were 4,904 acre- <br />feet. <br /> <br />Western Colorado Botanical Societv - Botanical Gardens <br /> <br />Progress Status: Incomplete Fundine:: $81,501 County: Mesa <br />Completion Date: Estimated 12/30/99 Grant Contact: Jon Schier <br />Grant Puroose: To develop artificial wetlands to demonstrate irrigation ofxeriscape and native . <br />plant areas. <br /> <br />This project consists of pumping raw water from the Colorado River into a small engineered <br />wetland that will serve as a natural primary filter for the overall irrigation system. Water from <br />this wetland is collected in a lined pond, then pumped through a sand filter into a drip irrigation <br />system that serves the entire botanic garden. This project is located at the Western Colorado <br />Botanic Garden in downtown Grand Junction. <br /> <br />Colorado State Universitv Coooerative Extension (Delta) - Subsurface Micro-Irrigationfor <br />Kabocha Squash <br /> <br />Progress Status: Incomplete Funding: $37,760 County: Delta <br />Completion Date: 12/2000 Grant Contact: Dr. Rick Zimmerman <br />Grant Purpose: To compare subsurface micro-irrigation using different types of driplines on <br />strawberry plants and kabocha squash. <br /> <br />This project consists of comparing subsurface micro-irrigation using two types of buried <br />driplines to each other and surface method of irrigation. During each irrigation, water use and <br />soil moisture tension are recorded for all methods to evaluate water use efficiency in terms of <br />production. Soil moisture distribution and salinity levels are monitored at three depths for each <br />plot. ~ <br />