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<br />MOll'nltY REPOI! <br />SM1 LUIS V.u.LET PROJ"Em', OOLORADO <br />OCTOBER 1957 <br /> <br />Rto Grande D1V1s1on <br /> <br />!!.'he Pro.1eot Manager attended the regular monthly meetSJIg ot <br />the Boe.rd of D11'80to1'8 of tM San tub Valley We.te:li' OonSl!l1'V!!lM;r D1etricll <br />which was held 1n A1e.moea, Colorado. Ootober 10. 1951. Pl&n8 "ere !!lade <br />at t1\41 melilting fO' fo\l%' membel's of the Doard 1Ie attend the .'lena). <br />Rto1a:me.t1on Al!IlOciallioll. IlllllUng which w111 be held 1n Phoenix, 4rillona <br />durillg the lllU'~.par1l of November 1957. <br /> <br />~os DiVidon <br /> <br />On Ootober- 7. 1957. a ehecak was received hOIll the Oone.1os Water <br />Oonee1"Wl.noy Distriot in the amount of $3,500.00 as part paymsnt of O&M <br />oba.rges. <br /> <br />After Ill11ch d1ecu.sS.on between the Rio Grande Compaot Commisdoners <br />U was agreed that some of the water in storage 1n P1e.lloro B$servoir col1ld <br />be released under cenatn conditions. At tho request ot the Stats of <br />())lorado the valves at P1alloro wero opened at 9100 P.M. Ootober 27. 1957 <br />and remained open throughout the renmlnder of the month. Prel!.nl1na.17 <br />records f.nd1cate that 7.959 ac""feet were released from the relltrvoh' <br />for thie per!.od. The Divhion t:rr1gation Engineer indicated that the <br />water was del1vered through the Oone.108 e.rea wlth 1111111e ap,paren1l 10es <br />and lt i8 hoped that most ot the water wh!ch 1. in storage can bt nleand <br />1n order to provlde adequate flood control without large rel...." next <br />lI.Prlns. <br /> <br />Closed ~as1n DiVision <br /> <br />Depth to wahl' mee..uremonts were made at selected weU. 1n the <br />area. during the fore-part of Ootober. Sa!llpllls ot ~ter were a1.so takSll <br />at selected weUs and. were o.na17l1ed by condu.otance teste. <br /> <br />!he epeo:l.al driU rig to aid 1n installation of p1p18 tor <br />obsel'Vll.t1on weUe w111 anive at Monto Vieta on November 4, 1957. !hb <br />:r1g h being .~pllec1 by the U. S. GeOlogical Survey and the ooet of the <br />operation, tOgether wUh salary and ell;Penses of the operation. wl11 'be <br />borne 'by the Geolog:l.cal Survey. Observation wells wnl be put down at <br />four loca.t:l.one where 3o.1nch d:l.amoter pUlllp tee\ welle w111 be drillea at <br />a later date. ArranBemente have been co~let.d to obtain 1l\11tablt Ipfle1ally <br />sCl1'eened gravel to be I1l1ed in gravel packing the pump teet wells. <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />The preoipitation at Monte Vista for October wae 170 percent <br />of normal, totaling 0.83 inchQIl. !!.'he higher parts of the mountaln re.nges <br />at the head of the Rio Grande and the Conejos B1ver and the Sangre de <br />cristo Range on the east G1de of the San Luts Valloy received. a good <br />covering of snow during the montll. The higher port:l.on of the waterllhode <br />dra.inSJIg into the Valley are aga.in in exoellent shape to go into the w1nter. <br /> <br />002051 <br />