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<br />Du.ring the month a safety inspection of Bureau. f'aoil1 ties at <br />Platoro wss oonducted by the Regional Safety Adv1eor with proJeot <br />pe1"sonnel. <br /> <br />The ProJeot ingineer conferred with members of the Chief Engineer's <br />staff in Denve1" 1'8gardil'lg proposals by. the II - S Products Con>. for <br />modi:f1cations of the valve operatil1ll mechanism at Platoro. It appea1"s <br />now that modification work can nct be acoolll~liah~d prior to 0109lng <br />dO>.ln operations for the. winter. <br /> <br />1ield work was inltiated.on the reconnaissanoe of the Conejos <br />water-shed for power potenUallt1ee 1R the area. Thls worl!: 11 pre- <br />limanary to the preparatlon of a report on the hydro-electrlc power <br />)Jotentials of the Rio Grande end the Consj09 Rlver. 'Pheu potentiah <br />are in addition to the proposed power development at Wagon Wheel Gap <br />as est forth in the ou.:oplemental report on tbe Rlo Orande Divislon. <br /> <br />Olosed Basin Division <br /> <br />During the month fl.eld and office work leading to the preparation <br />of a pro~ramreport Oft water ealvage features of the Division progree8ed <br />8atlsfaotori~. Field and offioe VCft leading to tJ:\e preparation of a <br />progrlllll report on power and irrigation potentials of the tributaries <br />was initiated during the mOllth. <br /> <br />A conferenoe lias held in Denver. Oolorado on September 29 to db- <br />CUll8 problems of water salv~e with officials of the Oeological Sun-ey. <br />The Projeot Engineer and the Planning ~ineer repre.ented the local <br />office. ?1he projeot's efforts 110 secure the services of a dralnaga <br />engineer from the U. 3. Salinity Laboratory wera outlined. A mseting <br />to dlBcuBG problema further was telltaUvel7 arranged tor early November. <br />Invitations to thh mfletlng1fill be given to the Regional Offioe. the <br />lIraill8ge Section of the Chief Engineer's Office lmI\ t<l the Ground Water <br />Branoh of the Geological Survey. <br /> <br />Measurements of ground water f'luotu.e.Uons were contiIl'O.ed during <br />the month by proJeot personnel. <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />A llIeeting of the Bowen OOllllllUn1ty'arm BureP.iO. was addreesed by the <br />projeot soil sclentist on the ~roblems of ~lk!\llnity and the cooperative <br />experimente now bel~ conducted. A eood ~ttendence was reali~ed with <br />many 'l.uestlcns allked by the water users. <br /> <br />The Regional Safety Advisor visited the proJeot to conduct inepeo-. <br />HOlls. show lIatety films end to demonstrate a new method of artificial <br />resuscitation whiob has been adopted by the Red Croes. <br /> <br />A safsty meeting wae held in the project office to emphaeize the <br />~angerG of driving in the farming lU'eas during the harvest seasotl. <br /> <br />ce,t <br />~~\~ <br />