WSP01789

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Federal Agencies
• Date: 7/1/1966
• Title: USGS-Surface and Ground Water Branch-USGS Report to be Presented at CWCB Meeting
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Three new gaging stations have been installed in the Purgatoire
River basin to collect records for determining the effect of the proposed
Trinidad project on streamflow in the basin. The stations are located
on the Purgatoire River, Van Bremer Arroyo, and Luning Arroyo near Model,
Colorado.

Four new stations have been installed in the Colorado River basin
in connection with Bureau of Reclamation project studies. The stations
are on Fortification Creek, Clear Creek, Roan Creek, and the Colorado
River at New Castle.

The following reports have been released since the April 13 meeting
of the Board:

Water-Supply Paper 1805 "Ground Water in Huerfano County, Colorado,"
by Thad G. McLaughlin was delivered from the printers on May 3. It may
be ordered by mail from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 20402, or be purchased over-the-counter
from the U. S. Geological Survey, Public Inquiries Office, Room 15426,
Federal Building, Denver, Colorado. The price is $4.25.

Water-Supply Paper 1645 "Quality of Surface Waters of the United
States, Parts 9-14, 1959."

Water-Supply Paper 1946 "Quality of Surface Water for Irrigation,
Western States, 1962."

A paper by J. A. McConaghy entitled, "A Hydrogeologist Looks at the
1965 Colorado Ground-Water Law" was published in the April 1966 (Vol. 4,
No.2) issue of Ground Water. A limited number of reprints may be
obtained from the Geological Survey Ground Water Branch office, Room 260,
Joslin Building, Villa Italia Shopping Center, 7200 West Alameda Avenue,
Denver, Colorado.

The report on Surface Water Records of Colorado for the 1965 water
year will be sent to the printer about the middle of July and should be
ready for distribution by early August.

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