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<br />MONTHLY mll?O~ <br />SAN LUIS VALLl!:Y :P1'lOJicr,OOLOlWX) <br />.Ann. 1957 <br /> <br />Rio Grande Divieion <br />On the lIVen1n,[l; of April 11, 1957 the Project Manager <br />alltended the regular monthly lll&etingof tihe lloard of Directors of <br />the San ];.l1is Valley lfater Conservan~ Disble' in Altl.lllOss, Golo. <br />After 8shon meeting thole present journeyed to La J$1'a, Colorado <br />for 8 joint meeting with the Conejo. Water Users Association. The <br />remainder of the msetino; 1n La Jars. was spent in d1sc\1Ss1n.g water <br />problems in the San LuisVallq, partiau.'tarly the water salvage <br />Possibilities of the Closed Das1n. <br /> <br />Cone.ios <br />A oheck was reoeived from the Conejos Water Conservan~ <br />Distriot ib part ~ent of the District's shere of 1956 OllM coste. <br /> <br />Olosed &lI1n <br />Some minor :f1ell!. work. was accoll\Pl1shed during the month <br />b7 rUl,,"1ing levels to ehallow ground water welll in the area east of <br />the sump. <br /> <br />During the afte1'l100n of April 17 a trip was made over pan <br />of the area In which work il to be done on waterealvage possibilities. <br />The trip was made to give Colorado'. GoVe1'l1.0r MCWichols and Dean Iv/l.%1 <br />C. Orarlord, Direotor, Colorado Water Conlell"Vatlon :Board,a cha.n08 to <br />inlpeclI the area of salvage potent1al1t1el. In the evening a meetinc <br />of interested waller WIers was held to diacuss the desirabll1ty of the <br />propolled investigations. Those present resolved, due to <klve1'l1.0r <br />McNichols talk wherein he defined the need for water reaource investi- <br />gations, 110 seek relllf'.se of state funds to participate in the lnvest!.. <br />gation of the water salvage possibilities. The resolu.tion also called <br />tor future bveetigation of all water resourCBs of the VallElT. <br /> <br />On April 29 a. meeting of the Closed :Basin Drain Co_ttee <br />was hsld in Denver, Colorado. The investigative work to datemine <br />water salvage possibilities Was discussed. Messrs. McLaUgh11n a.nd <br />Street will draw u;p an agreement on the work required and the work <br />each interested agen~ will Mcomplhh. When approved by the Committee <br />the plan will be sant to the agencies for appro-m.l. <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />Snow conditions indicate an above average year for surface <br />water.uppl1ea. <br /> <br />If weather conditions are favorable, Colorado should run a <br />Cl'edit onder tams of the Rio Grande ComlJact durin<; 1957. <br /> <br />002038 <br />