WSP01269

• File Number: 8170
• Description: Arkansas Basin Water Quality Issues
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 8/1/1997
• Author: Doug Cain
• Title: U.S. Geological Survey Data Collection and Studies in the Arkansas River Basin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CSU WATER CENTER
REPORTS ON PROGRAMS

Colorado State University's Water Center was officially
eSlablished on February 19, 1996. The Center succeeds and
replaces the Center for Water Resources Engineering and
Science (CWRES), which was established in 1990 to
administer the Program of Excellence in Water Resources
funded by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.

The Water Center and CWRRI are often confused with each
other, but their missions are different. The Water Center
focuses on advancing Colorado State's programs, whereas
CWRRI is essentially a state agency operating a federal-
state program that involves other Colorado higher education
institutions. The Water Center provides an umbrella for the
many water-related programs at Colorado State, including
CSU's Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence in
Water Resources.

Student Activities - Student and curriculum activities that
the Water Center has been involved with inClude the
undergraduate curriculum, graduate curriculum, organiza-
tion of student events, and student projects. In the Depart-
ment of Civil Engineering, eight of fourteen student

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groups, worleed on water projects, most with direct applica-
tion to problems of rural areas in Colorado. These included
a channel stability study for Creede, a storm drainage study
for Johnslown, a waler distribution syslem study for Monte
Vista, a project to assist residents of the Platte Valley
between Sterling and Julesburg with their waler issues, a
channel restoration study for Granby, a water supply study
for Boone, a water quality study for Kodak, and a sanitary
sewer study for Walden.

Colorado State University's new Water Resources interdis-
ciplinary Studies Program (WRISP) offers undergraduate
students, regardless of their major, an opportunity to
introduce themselves to the many dimensions of water
management. WRISP students complete 21 credits in core
and elective courses that are particularly relevant to today's
water issues. Completion of the program is certified on the
student's academic record. A copy of the Water "Minor"
brochure and a list of WRISP Key Advisers are available
from CWRRI by phone [phone], FAX [phone]
or email [e-mail].

LEE SOMMERS SELECTED AS
AG EXPERIMENT STATION DIRECTOR

Lee Sommers is the newly selected director of the Colorado
Agricultural Experiment Station. Sommers, who has served
as CAES inlerim direclor, accepled the position effective
July I.

Sommers received his bachelor's in agriculture from
Wisconsin State University in 1966 and both his masters in
soil science in 1969 and his doctorate in soil science in 1971
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his
lenure as a soil science professor at Purdue University,
Sommers spent an eight-month sabbatical at Colorado State
in 1977. He returned to serve as professor and head of the
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences in 1985. Dr.
Sommers is a member of numerous professional

organizations and currently is president-elect of the Soil
Science Society of America.

As director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment
Station, Sommers is responsible for all programming,
budgeting and related activities. He reports to Kirvin Knox,
the Vice Provost for Agriculture and University Outreach.
CAES worles in parUlership with Colorado State Coopera-
tive Extension to provide Colorado consumers and agricul-
tural producers with the latest information relevant to
maintaining a healthy economy and a vibrant community.

Public Relations Department, CSU