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<br />Monthly Report <br />San Luis Valley Projeot <br />August 1953 <br /> <br />Rio Grande Division <br /> <br />on August 6, 1953, a field ds,y was held at the experimental plots <br />near Mosca, Colorado. Representatives of the Colorado A&M College, <br />U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Mosca-Hcoper Soil Consell"9ation District, and <br />the Bureau of Reclamation attendec1. The afternoon session was beld in <br />the Bureau of Reclamation offices at Monte Vista and the pro(lram for <br />calendar year 1954 discUlllsed. Several change. lIere proposed in the <br />program for 1954, p:rimarily consisting of enlargements of the program. <br /> <br />During the month official CCll1lllents on the Supplemental Report <br />on the Rio Grande and Weminuohe Pass Divisions were received fl"Olll <br />the State of Colorado and the Department of Agriculture. It 1.e <br />anticipated that cCll1lllents fl"Olll the other concerned StataB and,:'J'ederal <br />agencies will be received during SeptOl1lber. Subsequent to reoeipt ot <br />all ccrnments a program of future actions in connection with the report <br />will be established. <br /> <br />Conejos Division <br /> <br />During the month the check surve,r of oleared areas of the Platoro <br />Reservoir site was completed. This work was done at the direction of <br />the S01:l.citol', which resulted fl"Olll a claim by weloh Industries, Inc. <br />for additional payment for olearing the reservoir. During the latter <br />part of the month a report was prepared and the proposed change order <br />submitted to Welch Industries, Inc. for their consideration., <br /> <br />During the month a meeting was held at the Colorado Water Conllell"9a- <br />t10n Board office in Denver at the request of the Corps of Eng1neera to <br />discuee work preliJn1nary to the issuance of a nood control operation <br />manual by the Corps for Ple-toro Dam and Reservoir. It W88 decided at <br />this lJ8eting that Ii'- subcommit.tee, with Mr. 01ldereleeve, Ch1ef EDiineer <br />of the Water Board, &S cha1I'111an, be set up to consider criteria and. <br />other details necessary to routing st.udies proposed. Th1s cOJll\!littee <br />scheduled a meeting for September 2 to be held in the offices of the <br />Water Consell"9at1on Board. <br /> <br />Closed Basin <br /> <br />MeasurOl1lent of the fluctuation of g:rolUld water waS continued during <br />the month. The program report on this d1vi8ion was subnitted to the <br />Regional office, but. additional work on the report has been postponed <br />until receipt of the Geological Survey report. on ground water in the <br />Closed Basin area is received. Present estimate for completion of the <br />Survey's report is September 30. <br /> <br />~~O:J <br />~~\ <br />