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<br />Monthly Report <br />Sen Luis Valley Projoct <br />June 1953 <br /> <br />Rio Grande Division <br /> <br />Ouring the month a representative of the State Engineer of New <br />Nexioo visited the projeot to get additional data for review of the <br />report on this division. Interest was primarily on the hydrologio <br />studies. Secondary interest wes on the flood oontrol stUdies. <br /> <br />An agreerr~t was oompleted with Colorado A&M College for continus- <br />tion of the work on the t03t plots in tho Moscs-Hooper aree. <br /> <br />A hearing is to "0 held in Alamosa., Colora.do, on July 14, 1953, <br />by II commit toe appointed by the Colorado r:ater Conservation Board. <br />'l'he hearing is to tnke test i!nony to shape up Colorado's conunents on <br />the report on this division. <br /> <br />Mea,!Urement of the fl uctuntior: of tho ground water teb1e was <br />CC;lI1t 1nued durinF, the 190nth. <br /> <br />COlle.1os j)ivision <br /> <br />'thore wes no nction taken by th.e Conoj03 Water Con.servanoy District <br />durin!'; the month on tho obtaining of "consent agreements", as far se <br />this office knows. <br /> <br />.At the end of the month no \"later \Vas held ill Pletors Reservoir. <br />Storage, which wos all involuntary, began on May 23, reached a max- <br />imum of 2600 acre-feet on June 15 Bnd 8r,ain on June 18. end finally <br />dwindled to zero at 8100 a.m. on June 28. The Kates controlling the <br />reservoir were left open and remained so at all tiIr.es. Much, if not <br />all, storere wae oBused by trash which accumulated on the trash rack, <br />causing a reduoed flow through the outlet worka. <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />By the end of the month project personnel had been reduced to <br />eight employees end one fage reader. <br /> <br />Projeot offioes were moved to the old prisoner-of-war camp on <br />North Jefferson Street in Monte Vista. !Joving was accomplished by <br />Government personnel throughout the month as tin:e Bway from other <br />actlvi ties permitted. <br /> <br />0:J'\S.r.1 <br />~~\ i <br />