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<br />2826 <br /> <br />Statement for the Press <br /> <br />A study of the availability of ground wuter in tnQ Ute <br /> <br /> <br />Indian Reserva tion in sou thwes tern Colorado Ql1d ilo~.thweo tern <br /> <br /> <br />Nc,',^, Mexj_co indicutes that adequate supplies of stock \lilt.er <br /> <br /> <br />are available in the western part of the aL'ea, <llchough large <br /> <br /> <br />quantities of ground water are not available on Lhe rcscrc'il- <br /> <br /> <br />tion. Domestic and public supplies in t!\e 'r'~wCJ.O'= area "re <br /> <br /> <br />ancqu2tc for ~he present time (1963); however, a populat.ion <br /> <br /> <br />increase \-lould neccss.i tate additional \'-lat.er _ More water <br /> <br />I:',:.y L" obt.<1iacd J)y dri,l.ling wells into geologic formations <br />~cccribed in thi~ report, by dcvclopi~0 the larger springs <br />in the ute NOl.1nt.:d:l_31-e2/ qr by .o1?taiT?j.T~q surface water <br />from outS.LUC the .rescrv~tiJn. <br /> <br />The report, nGeo.loc;y and Av:>.ilability of Ground Water <br />cn t}10 Ute Mo'CnL.::.in .T.ntii1J:") Rescrv::ltio;t, colorudo and Nev} <br /> <br />MClxico," was written by James H. Irwin and describes the <br /> <br /> <br />geology and the geologic factors controlling the occurrence <br /> <br />and availuuility of ground water. The study was made by <br /> <br /> <br />the U.S. Geological Survey ~n cooperation with the Ute <br /> <br /> <br />Mountain Ute Tribe of Indians and, the Bureau of Indian <br /> <br />Ao:fairs. <br /> <br />pending publication as a Water-Supply Paper of the <br />Geolog ical Survey, typewritten copies of t~~e report are <br />available for inspection in offices of the Geological Survey, <br />Room l242-N, General Services Administration Building, <br />Washington, D.C.; Room 2425, Building 2S, Denver Federal <br />Center, Denver, Colo.; and Room 468, New Custom House, <br />Denver, Colo. <br />