BOARD02069

• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/1968
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

I have with me here Dick Grozier who is
responsible for putting together a manual
that describes the latest techniques for
making measurements and for compiling and
analyzing them. He has worked with the
State Engineer's office in instructing the
hydrographers in the use of these techniques
and we expect that it will improve both the
efficiency and the accuracy of this particu-
lar data collection program.

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Considerable progress has been made on
our studies of water-management practices in
the Arkansas, South Platte, and San Luis
Valleys. The information developed by the
Water Board's staff, by the State Engineer's
office, and the consultants working under
contracts sponsored by Senate Bill No. 407
is being incorporated in the Survey's studies.
We needed this information to plug into our
computer programs and into our models. Right
now we have a man here from our Washington
office who is a specialist in certain kinds
of sophisticated programs and by mid~January
we hope to have an opportunity to publicly
review the results of this effort.

I want to mention that the State Engi-
neer's office, with Ralph Owens and Bill
Smith, helped us get a study under way to
expand our work and understanding of the
water system out in the High Plains. The
purpose of this study is to provide water
managers and planners with tools and in-
formation that will permit wise management
of the resource. You are probably aware of
the intensive development that is under way
in this area.

Some of our other District activities I
include preparation of material and testimony
for the hearings sponsored by the State
Water Pollution Control Commission. We pre-
sented testimony and some data to this group
so they then could provide judgment to the