BOARD02546

• Board Meeting Date: 1/9/1963
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

and using it for planning purposes. The
Basic Data Reports come out first, next comes
out a popular type report which describes the
principal results that would be of popular
understanding to the public as a whole, and
the third report that comes out is probably 1-"
designed more for the people who are interested
in planning and in understanding the scientific
aspects of the reports. sometimes there are
other reports that result from these investiga-
tions such as ones that are of particular use
to a geologist, of particular use to particular
engineering problems, or other special purposes.

The effort that I mentioned, that has
been put forth by the state in cooperation with
the survey, has resulted in several of these
aerial type studies. The one that is probably
most notable for participation strictly with
federal funds are the investigations that have
proceeded along the South Platte Valley. The
ones along the Arkansas Valley have been lar~ely
in cooperation with the Water Board.

I mentioned three phases of the program.
The second phase is the continuing type studies
and the continuing type studies are designed
to show current status of the inventory of
ground water 'supplies; to monitor problem areas
so they can be detected before the problems
become serious; and in the long range, predic-
tions of conditions that may occur in the
future. In other words, to establish trends.
They generally involve infrequent measurements
of water levels, quality, and withdrawals of
ground water.

The third type of study, we didn't know
what to call it so we called it 'Special Type' 1
and anything that doesn't fit these other two
categories we stick in this particular phase
of our program. They might include such things
as stock studies to determine the availability
of water supplies. 'For example, the National
Park Service comes to us and asks that we de-
termine whether or not they can get water,

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