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<br />At the end of the month arrangements had been ll1llde with <br />the Colorado Water Conaervation Board tor analyslls of WIlter Gllmplell <br />which will be colleoted by Projeot personnel. <br /> <br />Conejoa Division <br /> <br />At Ill1dnight, October 14, 1955, the flow of water through <br />Plat01'O Reservoir WIlIl shut off in order to permit repairs to tho <br />ooal tar enamel lining of the outlet pipe. Permission to close <br />the valves had been previously seoured from the Rio Grsnda Compact <br />Commissioners for New Mexico end Texas through the Rio Grande Com- <br />paot Commille1oner for Colorado. During the days following the <br />ahutting oft of the water. work WllS acoomplished by Projeot foroes <br />end the natural flow of the Conejos River WllS again passed through <br />the reservoir starting at 6.00 P.ll, October 12. 1955. By the end <br />of the month arrangements had beon ll1llde to deliver 1llltor in Plat01'O <br />Reservoir, as debit water under the Fda Grande Compact, to New lAex- <br />100 at the state line. <br /> <br />It io antioipated that the gate tender at PJ,atoro Dam <br />will be moved out for the winter following the emptying at the <br />reservoir, whioh should be completed by November 4th, 1955. <br /> <br />genersl <br /> <br />Seven hundredths of an inoh of preoipitation was recorded <br />at Monte Vista during the month. Normal for Ootober is 0.51 inoh. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />\)\)\911 <br />