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<br />1\30 <br /> <br />MR. CRAWFORD: <br /> <br />'l3U <br /> <br />"r~y I again repeat that Mr. Larson <br />said this date of 1960 is not final?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Report on Surface Water Gaqinq Proqram--USGS <br /> <br />"We will now take up the 4th item on <br />the agenda and ask Mr. Bell for his <br />report. " <br /> <br />MR. BAILEY: <br /> <br />MR. BELL: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"1 am very glad to have this opportunity <br />to report to you on theprogress made in <br />our cooperative stream-gaging program <br />during the fiscal year which is about to <br />end. However, our program with the Board is <br />only a portion of our surface water work <br />in the State. Since there are several <br />relatively new members on the Board and <br />since it has been some time since I have <br />reviewed our programs with you, I believe <br />that the entire Board would be interested <br />in a report on all our stream-gaging <br />programs in Colorado. <br /> <br />For the benefit of those not famiiiar with <br />our organization, 1 should say that the <br />Geological Survey is a research and fact- <br />finding agency more than seventy-five years <br />old. The Water Resources Division is but <br />one of four functional divisions which <br />carry out the duties assigned to the Survey. <br />The others are the Topographic, the Geologic <br />and the Conservation Divisions. <br /> <br />The activities of the Water Resources Division <br />are both defined and limited by Congressional <br />authority "for gaging the streams and <br />determining the water supply of the United <br />States and for the investigation of under- <br />ground currents and artesian wells, and for I <br />the preparation of reports upon the best <br />methods of utilizing the water resources." <br />To accomplish these objectives the Division <br />is organized into Branches for Surface Water, <br />Ground Water, Quality of Water, and <br />General Hydrology. This morning 1 speak <br />only for the Surface Water Branch. Mr. <br />McLaughlin, the District GeologisiJ, will <br />report on the activities of the Ground Water <br />Branch. <br />