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<br />,..J <br /> <br />. ro, , <br /> <br />)"J~!J ~ ~,,'V,;,~ <br />. r' <br />(( r " " <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />GEOLOGICAL SURVEY <br />Denver Federal Center <br />Denver, Colorado 80225 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />IN REYL Y REFER TO: <br /> <br />Water Resources Division <br />Colorado District <br /> <br />December 20, 1973 <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />E. R. Hampton, WRD, Lakewood, Colorado <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />DEe 2 6 1973 <br />COla, WATER <br />CllHSfBl(A TlON BOARB <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />To: The Record <br /> <br />Subject: PROGRAMS AND PLANS -- Meeker Dome Study <br /> <br />The following is a synopsis of U.S. Geological Survey activities in <br />the cooperative study of the Hydrology of the Meeker Dome area in <br />F. Y. 74. The activities are largely of a preliminary monitoring type, <br />aimed at obtaining background information on the salt water incursion <br />problems so widely publicized in the Meeker area. <br /> <br />The funding during 1974 FY is as follows:, <br /> <br />Agency <br /> <br />1974 FY <br />Funding, $' <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />$2,000 <br />1,000 <br />3,000 <br />$6,000 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Quality Control Comm. <br />U.S. Geological Survey <br /> <br />February 6, 1973 - Biesecker and Hampton meet with Water Pollution <br />B.oa~i &2 State Board of He~lth to di.3cusS "Heeker w.;elllf area. <br /> <br />tv <br />o <br />en <br />.,,;> <br /> <br />Following planning conferences with Messers. Hutchinson and Ioannides <br />of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the U.S. Geological Survey <br />began construction of two observation and test wells on the south side <br />of the Meeker Dome, April 27, 1973. The wells are on the Forest <br />Nelson Ranch, in the SE\SE\ sec. 20, T. IN., R. 93 W. These wells <br />were not completed until September 1973 because of equipment failures <br />and work commitments in other areas. In September, test well No.1, <br />north of State Highway 132 was completed to a depth of 148 feet. A <br />water sample was collected and analyzed for dissolved chemical <br />constituents and nutron and electrical logs were run. A packer will be <br />set in this well in the near future to isolate the saline water in the <br />zone at about 100 feet from the upper part of the well bore. Well <br />No. 1 is finished in the Dakota Sandstone. Test well No.2, south <br />of State Highway 132 was deepened to ~4 feet and caved back to 41 feet, <br />Well No. 2 is completed in gravelly alluvium. Areal photography that <br />