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<br />l'\) <br />w <br />(Jt <br />0) <br /> <br />practices are major areas needing further individual onfarm followup <br />assistance. This activity could be classified as a quasi-education and <br />quasi-technical followup effort. The cooperative Extension service is <br />working in conjunction with SCS and the USSR to develop an'extension <br />education program with local staff positions to assist with organizing <br />irrigation lateral groups and to work with onfarm irrigation water <br />management followup. <br /> <br />SCS and ARS have been working towards expanding and improving the use and <br />development of automated systems. Several educational demonstration systems <br />have, been installed. The adoption and use of different automated systems <br />have created some technical problems. However, the majority of the problems <br />have been more closely related to the automatic timers, as opposed to the <br />automated equipment and facilities for different automated systems. <br /> <br />A separate issue regarding automated systems was the initial requirement, <br />for all participants to use and install automated equipment as a condition to <br />ACP cost sharing. Subsequently ASCS issued a policy change which eliminated <br />this requirement. The new policy states that where SCS determines that <br />automated water control devices are needed and feasible, and where farmers <br />opt to use automatic controls, the automated devices can be included as <br />eligible cost-share items by the ASC county committee. <br /> <br />On the design and sizing of irrigation laterals, SCS and USSR were initially <br />using different criteria.and standards. Because of the need for consistency <br />within the project area, SCS and USBR have worked to develop compatible <br />lateral-sizing requirements and similar lateral design criteria,is now being <br />used by both agencies. ' <br /> <br />Major practice accomplishments for FY 1981 and total to date are shown in <br />Table 111-5 below. <br /> <br />TABLE 1II-5 <br /> <br />Grand Valley Water Management 'and Salinity Control Accomplishments <br /> <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />1981 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />Pipeline Laterals (Linear Feet) <br />concrete Laterals (Linear Feet) <br />ported Ditch (Linear Feet) <br />Gated Pipe (Linear Feet) <br />Pipeline <br />Land Leveling (Acres) <br />Drip/Sprinkler System (No.) <br />structures (No.) <br />cost Shares Earned ($1,000) <br />Acres Served (Acres) <br />farmers Receiving Cost Shares (No.) <br /> <br />43,732 <br />18,786 <br />,38,453 <br />35,333 <br />65,400 <br />500 <br />2 <br />144 <br />1,554 <br />1,200 <br />91 <br /> <br />104,051 <br />56,136 <br />92,848 <br />76,259 <br />155,661 <br />1,500 <br />8 <br />386 <br />3,417 <br />7,261 <br />530 <br /> <br />14 <br />