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<br />additional cost sharing beyond indirect costs.
<br />Matching university researchers with
<br />participants from state and local government to
<br />provide in-kind matching can meet this need.
<br />and CWRRI can suggest possibilities to
<br />potential investigators who would like to
<br />explore this possibility.
<br />
<br />Review Procedure
<br />
<br />Preproposals will be evaluated by the
<br />Technical Advisory Committe. (faculty of CU,
<br />CSM and CSU) and by the Research program
<br />Advisory Committee (practitioners). Authors of
<br />preproposals judged to have a strong chance of
<br />final award will be invited to prepare full
<br />proposals. Criteria of selection include
<br />relevance of research product to priority
<br />colorado water problems, scientific merit, and
<br />performance record of principal investigator.
<br />
<br />Eligibility
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<br />open to regular, full-time faculty of the
<br />university of colorado, Colorado School of
<br />Mines and colorado State university.
<br />Preproposal format can be obtained from CWRRI;
<br />Office of Sponsored Programs, Colorado state
<br />univerSity; Office of Contracts and Grants,
<br />university of colorado; and office of Research
<br />services-Proposals, Colorado School of Mines.
<br />
<br />WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK
<br />
<br />After a dry summer and fall, with above
<br />normal temperatures, water supply conditions
<br />have fared well. Several major winter storms
<br />have brought enough moisture to the state to
<br />bring snowpack and precipitation levels to the
<br />slightly below normal mark. water stored in
<br />the state's major reservoirs continues to be
<br />above average. even after a fairly dry water
<br />year in 1988. Assuming that near normal
<br />weather conditions prevail during the remainder
<br />of the ason, water supplies should be
<br />ada ~f'O'r"~ locations in Colorado.
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<br />ION MAY DECREASE
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<br />iver is becoming clearer due
<br />eaSe in sediments and salts
<br />he river, say investigators.
<br />anley Schu , professor of Earth Resources a~.
<br />ado ate, and U,S. Geological Survey
<br />re ers Allen Gillis and Richard Herefor
<br />surveyed 55 years of records from wate.
<br />~onitorinq stations maintained along the ,rive
<br />by the USGS. Schumm said the Colorado i
<br />recovering naturally from a period of huma
<br />development that caused land erosion and the
<br />pouring of sediment from its tributaries into
<br />the river. With increased vegetation. new
<br />flood plains and increased sediment storage,
<br />the Colorado River is clearing through a
<br />process of natural evolution. This process
<br />could save taxpayers millions of dollars in
<br />water treatment costs and greatly prolong the
<br />life of reservoirs like Lake Mead and L~ke
<br />Powell, Schumm said.
<br />
<br />Source: The coloradoan, January 17, 1989
<br />
<br />SCHOLARSHIPS AVAlLABLB
<br />FOR GROUNDWATER STUDIBS
<br />
<br />3.
<br />
<br />students interested in groundwater
<br />resources should contact the American Ground
<br />Water Trust. The nonprofit organization awards
<br />scholarships of up to $2,000 for undergraduate
<br />studies relating to qroundwater. Applications
<br />must be submitted by April 1 for the 1989-1990
<br />academic year. Forms can be obtained by
<br />sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to
<br />the American Ground Water Trust, Scholarship
<br />Proqram, 6375 Riverside Dr., Dublin. OH 43017.
<br />
<br />CONSORTIUM FORMED TO ASSBSS
<br />EFFECTS OF YELLOWSTONE FIRE
<br />
<br />Colorado state University will join ten
<br />other western universities and four federal
<br />agencies in a consortiUM formed to assess the
<br />effects of last summer'-,s fire in Yellowstone
<br />National park. Jay Hughes, Dean of the College
<br />of Forestry and Natural Resources at Colorado
<br />state, is a member of the consortium1s
<br />coordinating comm1~tee. It will promote
<br />communication among scientists who wlll
<br />investigate such topics as vegetation, wildlife
<br />biology, geology, hydrology and watersheds.
<br />fire science and socioeconomic questions.
<br />
<br />Ram Page, March 1989
<br />
<br />WHAT IS COLORADO'S
<br />DAILY WATER CONSUMPTION?
<br />
<br />The U.S. Geological survey estimates that
<br />an average 20,800 million gallons per day
<br />(mgpd) of water were used in Colorado during
<br />1985. Of this quantity about 60 percent
<br />(12,400 mgpd) was used for irrigation and 35
<br />percent (7,390 mgpd) was used for power
<br />generation. The remaining 5 percent was used
<br />for commercial, domestic. industr~al,
<br />livestock, mining and other uses. Most water
<br />was used in Montrose (3,260 mgpd)i Mesa (1,940
<br />mgpd), and Gunnison (1,520 mqpdl Counties. The
<br />predominant water uses in these counties were
<br />hydroelectric power and irrigation. Among
<br />hydrologic subregions in Colorado, most water
<br />was used in the Gunnison (5,630 mgpd) and South
<br />Platte (4 0 mqpd) subregions; hydroelectr1c
<br />pow us predominant 1n the Gunnison
<br />e irriga on er use was predominant in
<br />!l, ~!>uth plat e. I ) ,
<br />tfr Be fSy IS o4~r/",,!:,.J!f
<br />.. I ~ Microfiche an pa er copies of the rep'Oft,
<br />.~/"Estimated use of at r in colorado, 1985," by
<br />, David W, Litke an C thia L. Appel, USGS Water
<br />/ Resources Investi at ons Report 88-4101. may be
<br />obtained from t .S. Geological Survey, Books
<br />and open-file orts, Federal Center. Box
<br />25425, Denv CO 80225-0425. Microfiche:
<br />S4.00; pap opy: $25,50.
<br />
<br />IRRIGATION GUIDE AVAILABLE
<br />
<br />The surqe Irrigation Guide, a 9-page
<br />bulletin on how to apply surge irrigation. 1S
<br />now available. Obtain from:
<br />
<br />Bulletin Room
<br />171 Aylesworth Hall
<br />colorado state University
<br />Fort Collins, CO 80523
<br />
<br />Price: $3.75. Ask for Bulletin No. 543.
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