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<br />1392 <br /> <br />Also we have a considerable program, <br />industrially supported, in fluid mechanics <br />of petroleum reservoirs. This is associated <br />with the economic development of the State. <br />We have to have water for the support of this <br />petroleum industry. We are attempting to un- <br />cover a good deal of the fundamental informa- 1 <br />tion that is necessary in order that petroleum <br />be recovered in larger volume within the <br />boundaries of.the State. Of course, this has <br />direct application to other areas too. <br /> <br />The meteorology and climatOlogy programs <br />I discussed to a certain extent this morning. <br />However, there are two that I did not mention. <br />One on flood frequency and magnitude of small <br />watersheds in the immediate proximity of the <br />front range. This one is being supported by <br />the U. S.Bureau of Public Roads and you will <br />not see any experimental apparatus this after- <br />noon associated with it. It is largely a com- <br />puter and office type of program. <br /> <br />Another program that we are attempting to <br />get off the ground and there are representatives <br />here from the National Science Foundation today <br />discussing it with us, is an evaluation of a <br />hail suppression program for eastern Colorado. <br />This, if it goes through, will be about a five <br />year program of fundamental research that will <br />be of direct benefit to Colorado and tied in <br />with it, we will associate research on pre- <br />cipitation and runoffs. <br /> <br />Micrometerology. This is largely wind <br />tunnel research~ I will, when we get over <br />to the wind tunnel, give you a larger run down <br />on that. I won't dwell on it much here. <br /> <br />In Sanitary Engineering, we are attempt- . <br />ing to simply initiate the program. We do <br />not have much going on at the present time. <br />However, there is a project that is of direct <br />appliqation to sanitary interested peoples in <br />this State on the disposal of radio active I <br />waste 'in surface streams. This is a project <br />supported by the Geological Survey as far as <br />money is concerned. It's a contract project <br />and it is of great importance, in our opinion, <br />at least, to the mining interests on the <br />Western Slope and, of course, to public health <br />