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<br />MOlll'l'IiI.Y U',PO:w! <br />SAN LUIS VALOO PllOJEOT, OOLORA.Dtil <br />MA.Y, 1956 ' <br /> <br />Rio Grande D,"1'1lliol1 <br /> <br />On the e-re.\1ing of ~ 10, the ~roject Hanager attended the <br />ret;Ular 1ll01ltbly ll1eet1ntg fiJf' thll !aard of' :Direotors of the San Luis <br />Talley Water Confile1'Vanfly Dhtrict. noutine bulliness Vat firs' <br />d1ellollod of, after vlUoh the Directors dbOUllsed the futlU'e Plane <br />of the Dbtriot. Deo1sionlJ Were reaclle'l to plan a prOgram of <br />eduoaUon for We.teJ.'o11\l&rlll in the area to aoqWl,111.t thEllll with the :Bureau's <br />water salVl:l€e plan for the moeed Ba.sin, the 1U.o Grande Com;pa.ct, and <br />the need for etora/j;6 faolli1l1ee on the J!lio Grande above Del :tiorte, <br />Gelorado. The first effort to be _de along these lines will be the <br />publ1oatio:n, in newspapers Of thl/ Valley, of a letter t.rOlll Hr. R. J. <br />~I.'1Pton. Conaultin<< tllngineell', to the President of thB Newhall :rand and <br />Cattle, wh!ch 1e an exoellent B\lJ!llll&ry of water ll1'obl$J'llS of the Vallq. <br /> <br />OoneJo,e Div1sion <br /> <br />The Ge.tetender a:nd family moved into Platoro on A;pril 30, <br />for the Iltllll!ller. <br /> <br />At month' e end no wator bad 'been etored in Plntoro &se1'Y01r <br />for 1'1oed control purposes_ Rowover, 600 aore-feot of b"ntor wall <br />etored. unintentionally by reason of tha inflow to the reservoir <br />exceeding the Oll\;paoity of the outlet works under conditions ef no head. <br /> <br />Oloaod :Ilas:l.n D1vtBion <br />"""'1- . <br /> <br />ll'luctnat1ons of the greund llater table were measured at <br />seleoted wells during the month. <br /> <br />SIlJDples of trou;nd water were obtaill"ld :from eatabl1sheil <br />8S.lll)11n.g welle during the !!lonth. !/ihese Ilall\Ples were analylled by <br />means ofcondl1otance t!jsts and tl'le results tabulated. <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />Whe May 1. snow surveys were oomp'.!lte(1 on ~by 3. <br /> <br />Th9 ProJeot M'aMger spoke at n reen!e.!' meeti.Ul!; ot the Manto <br />Villta &t~ O1\1b, on May 15, abollt watGr problems, and the possible <br />eolut10ns, of the San Luis Valley. <br /> <br />~lrs. Ilu.'by I. Wadleigh resigned. her posi tion as merki-Typ1st <br />to aCCe]lt full-t1meemple;rmsnt llith the State ef Colorado. Mra. Wllm~ <br />I. Brace was h:l.red to fill the Vacnncw created. <br /> <br />Chrl L. Slingerland, Civ1l Enginoer, was transferred to the <br />Bureau office in Oklahoma City on l~ 18. <br /> <br />\\\)1~~'2. <br />