WSPC01686

• File Number: 8541
• Description: Rio Grande Basin-Rio Grande Basin River Basin Water Projects-San Luis Valley Project
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1954
• Title: San Luis Valley Project Monthly Reports-1954
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Iolonth1y Report
San l.uis Valley Projeot
!laroh 1954

Bio Grande Division

On March 4 and Ii the Projeot Engineer oonferred with offioials
of the Chief Engineer'e offioe on propol8d criteria for hydrologic
stOOisa fol' the rev1eed report 1'01' this Dividon.

On Maroh 18 the Project Engineer attended II lIllleting of the
Board of Direotors of the Sen I!.uis Valley Water ConeervancyDistrict
in Alamosa, Colorado. The board _s lnfo!'llllld of the Bureau's latellt
sohedule for revision of the report for thill Dlv1lion. The sohedule
oa1l8 for the :revised report blling submitted to Congre8B in January
1956. The Pres1dettl;. end the ettorney, for the BOllrd offered to
r.;ive suoh Ilesiotence liS the Bosrd oould provide in the expediting of
the work of gettiJ:1g out the report.

In the sf'ternoon of !laroh 26 . oOJl1'erenoe _s held in the
offioes of the Colore.do Water Coneerve.tlon Board to discuss oriteria
for the hydrologio etudiee to be made in oonneotion with the revision
of the Supplementel Report on the Rio Grlll1de hld W'llI.inuche Paes
Divisiona. Representatives of the Bureau of Reolamation and the
Colorado Weter Cotlservetion Board were in attendanoe.

During the month work of the projeot office wee devoted to
preparation for revision of the report on this Divis1on.

A pump teet was run on the well at the )(ollca-Booper test
plots during the latter plll't of' the month by offic1e1e of Colorado
A&J! College. Results of the tellt 11'111 not be available until the
latter ~rt of .April.

Conejos \1J1vie1on

A lllGeting well held in Del1Ver, Colorado, on !larch 25 to dhou..
probable operetion of Ple.toro Dam ond FIIs8rv01r during 1954. Present
were members, or reprellentatlves of llllllllbars, of the Rio Grame COJlpact
Collllll1sll1on, tha Bursau of Reclamation, end the Corps ot Engineers.
Lacking any directives, or 1'lIoommendat~on8. from the Compact Commission
the BU1'llau, at.cthe present t1lll9, contemplate I operation 01' Pleto2'o
Res8rvoU- only for the oontrol of floOds during 1954, loaving the
valves open at all other tUnes.

In the ef'ternoon a conferenoe "'liS held to discuss regula-
tions for opol'ating PlatOI'O Reservoir for f'l09<1 control during 1954.
This oonferenoe was attcnded by repr8sente.tiv8S of' the Bureau of
Raolametion, Corps of Engineers, ll!ld the Stste of Colorado.

_ On J8erch 30 0 bUl in the IlIIlOunt of $2,500 ws.s lent the
Conejos WetsI' Conae!'VsnoyDlatrict in aocordance with provill1one of
the repayl!llilnt oontraot end instruotions of the Oommissioner of
Reo18lll.at1on.

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