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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />FES 0 :.; 1945 <br />AIP.lUAL REPORT OF !'HE BOARD OF GOI"'..JllIORS OpCOlOR^DO W ^ fER <br />TIlE RID GRANDE WATER ust..RS ASSOCIATION 'ONSERV MION 80^ <br />Pobru11r7 27, 1945 RD <br /> <br />. - <br /> <br />",{O' <br /> <br />Tho l:o&rd of Covernors or TIlE RIO GRANDE IIArill USERS' ASSOCIATION roopoctfull;r <br />submit to the members of the Association, the following report upcn the activities of <br />the Association during the pact year: <br /> <br />On aocount ot the :hortage of la.bor and shortage of gae, it 005 bElan BOineWhnt in- <br />convenient for the board to hold meetingn during tho year, and o~ five ~e~ti~ wore <br />held. <br /> <br />Fortunately, on aecount of the very antisfnctcry 8Upp~ of irrigation water we <br />escaped nuLl1 proble~B and eonpl1catlons that ordlnarl~ cleht have required the attontion <br />of tho board. <br /> <br />In fact the past year hn.'3, wo think, presentod less troublesome quaotlon:J from an <br />administration standpoint than ~ one since the orGanization of Tbe Rio Grande Water <br />Users Association. <br /> <br />There wan so~e shortage or irrigation water during the latter part of the irrigation <br />season and Bome pumping was required for late row crops, not enough however to 8erious~ <br />lower our water tablo and we should go into tr.o coning yoar with n 9C\L~ lL~erground <br />foundation for our water atn1Cture. . <br /> <br />\1e had very light prediptation during the 63I'ly rlntElr J:ontha and tho cr.ount of <br />snow dopo31ted in the high ~ountry io not a3 3atlsfactory as we wtJuld li]~e to see it.. <br />We ..ore considerably belo1'l the avarage in sno?' nnd wntor content Fobruary 1, 1945 on <br />the upper Uto Grande water Dhed aD well os on the streLlm3 nc:th of tho Rio Grande.. <br /> <br />The amoUllt of water apparently available O~ the Ala~~a nivor 13 ab~ve ncr~l and <br />on the Conojo.:J only al1ghtly bclOl'l' not'::ID.l. <br /> <br />We were blessed with a bountiful supply of ir'r:l.[."8.t10n vater during the spring and <br />most of the summer of 1944. The SumL,cr howevor) as a whole, was one of" the dryest Ol1lrn::ers <br />of racord from a pl'ee1pita.tion 3tnndpcint. "het effect thia will h&.V8 on our BUPp(l.y for <br />the coming irrigation season 10 problo~tical. Conait1o~ have mnteriQlly iMproved <br />during the Inst two months. <br /> <br />There is plenty of time lert during the spring for latr. anoW3 which would fill the <br />reservoirs and givo us an adoqunte euljo nm. Tho present prospects for late Immmar <br />water during the coming irrigation season is not too cncotlrng1ng. F..arly fall anow ueun] 1y <br />provide late summor water. <br /> <br />Pursuant to the Ingtructiona of tho r:lCt\boxs at the lnst Dnnual meeting, the board <br />ondeavored in overy way to secure the inatallation of automatic measuring devices for tho <br />Del Nort.$ station and the Gunlxlrrel gaging ntation. It appears that for the Dart of <br />iluitaUa.tio:\ desired the original co::;t would SJi'O\D'\t to Do:repJnce in th'3 neighborhood of <br />$1,500.00 and \79 would be I'0quirod to pD.ya monthly servico ehDrg9 to the telephone <br />company in the ~~~t of i;9.6~ pOl' month, the coot of L~~tallatlon to be a~rtizod in <br />the Ilionthly sorvice charce, n...1d finally r(!tllrn~d yhen JXlld out. <br /> <br />For a t~e it eeomad impossible to securs the necos9ar.1 equi~ent for this install- <br />ation~ Now, ho~ovor, we hav~ a proposition C~om tr.e Tolophone Comp~ whereby if ne <br />will sign a contract Cor two year's oervice @ $'9~6; per month, the telephone ee~ <br />will ~~o the nceo3sary in3tnllation without east to \~ except the cost ot ~etual <br />Recording device3, about :'1,100.00, and. after the axpirstion of the tS'o yoar period t':'8 <br />csn then 0 Gct'r~ tho eontinuunco of the se~icQ on a t'lor.thly basis for so l"u.y n:onthe <br />durins the j"Cu4 a:;; T:g ooJP tiC'~l!"e to \Lqe it at the Sa.'i1B price. <br /> <br />Your boa.rd. rc;coZ1ll1cndo a. eontrc.ct tc::' tr.o j"6lU.':J oervice a.rui :m.the:.- rccO!Ir.':l!mdll that <br />thos~ o.l1\cm:&tic t1CQ:;:ll.u'ing de....ices bo 1n~tal1ed. In view hOl1QVer of tho fact t.'lat tho <br />anr.u..1.1 nee-tine 1r.9.S so close, thoUf,ht it best to dofer any !tet1o" thoreon until further <br />authori3ation from the members of the association. <br /> <br />~hile ycttr board ~ fo~1d it unnQco~sary to hold thQ uzu&l number or meetings <br />during tht YOl:T, ~e havo Gn1Q~vored to keep in touch with the wato~'31tuation by corres~ <br />pondenoe, and h~ve 1ologatec 3ove~al mattors of adm1niotrat1on to our offioe ~orce <br />ordinarily hnrAled trJ ou= board, ~hich hns resulted in ~ncr6n91ng their burdene to some <br />extent, and on July 20, 1944 your beCI'd incr{)a.sed the sELlery of the assistant eec:oetnry, <br />Bob Robert3on, fro~ ~15aOO to $25.00 por month. On tho ~hole ho.aver, the admin~8tratlve <br />experwe of the 8s3cclntlon has been materially lees during the past yenr than it <br />ordinarily ,:ould hn.va boon. <br /> <br />