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<br />MUN'l'HL Y REroRT <br />SAN t,UIS VAtLEY PROJECT, COLORAlXl <br />.ruty 1954 <br /> <br />Rio Grlll1de Di vtsioll <br /> <br />Work on the rev1sion of' the Supplemental Report on the Rio <br />Grlll1de Ill1d Wem1nuohe Pass Divisions oontinued during the /l1Onth. <br /> <br />The .Projeot Engineer visited the Wagon Wheel Gap Reservoir <br />Area with otflo1als of' the Colorado State H1ghway Department to discuss <br />modifioation ot highway re100ation around the reserv01r. <br /> <br />In vlew of the Department of' Agr1ou1ture t s comments, on the <br />Supp1elfJllntal Report, the Projeot Engine$!' visited the Wagon Wheel Gap <br />Reservoir Site in oomplll1y with the Supervisor of the Rio Grande National <br />Forest. It 11811 determined that there 11 little need f'or a rosd on the <br />north side of the reservoir f'orforest purposes. <br /> <br />Estblates of areas to be oleared in the reservoir area were <br />made by projeo'b personnel during the month. Areall to be cleared were <br />typed aooording to vege'bative cover to assist in compiling est1ma'bes of <br />olearing costll. <br /> <br />At 'bhe end of July, B 00.1 for B dam at Wagon Wheel Gap with <br />a reservoir of 500,000 acre.feet of oapacitywas complete in draft form <br />IIJ1d ready for review by the Regional Offioe. <br /> <br />The Project Engineer attended a meet,ing of the Board of <br />Direotors of the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District on July 22. <br /> <br />A 1'1eld day was held at the Mosoa Experimental Plots on <br />July 2(). A good attendlll1ce _s hed end muoh interellt sh01lZl in the work. <br /> <br />Closed Ballin ll1vis1on <br /> <br />Measurements were taken, of ground water fluotuntion. at pre. <br />selected 1I011s during the month. <br /> <br />Conejos Div1sion <br /> <br />On July 12. the Projeot Engineer oonferred with the President <br />of' the Board of Direotors of the Conejos Ws'ber Conservlll1oy iDbtriot Ill1d <br />w1th the Seoretary of the Board, regardillg payment of' an obligation <br />{$2,500} to the United States. <br /> <br />On July 14. the Gatetender, Platoro Dam. Ill1d the Projeot <br />Engineer showed the Forest Servioe Advisory Board, Rio Grande National <br />Forest, through the ve1ve house, tUlUlel, end hlgh pressure gate ohamber <br />of Platoro Dem. Operations _re explailled Ill1d questions enswered regarding <br />oonstruotion methods. oosts, etc. . <br /> <br />\~~\ <br />\\\\ <br />