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<br />make recommendations on how use of Colorado's water
<br /><::) resources could be improved. Representatives from these
<br />o agencies held meetings throughout the State of Colorado
<br />c..J to explain their findings to water users, and to develop
<br />CJ1 suggestions for legislative action during the 1968 Session.
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<br />-oJ The members of the Board of Directors of the
<br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District held
<br />many meetings with representatives from the drafting
<br />committee, and attended a number of meetings with the
<br />Colorado Legislative Water Committee, to reflect the
<br />recommendations expressed by water users in the Arkan.
<br />aas Valley.
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<br />Representatives from the Conservancy District also
<br />participated actively during the Legislative Session, to
<br />insure that the study under Senate Bill 407 would be as
<br />complete as possible, and to provide workable recom.
<br />mendations for enactment by the Colorado State Legis-
<br />lature.
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<br />Copies of voluminous material prepared under Sen.
<br />ate Bill 407 were reproduced by the District, and dia.
<br />tributed widely throughout the Arkansas Valley, in order
<br />that all water users might be aware of the findings and
<br />recommendations, and would be in a position to make
<br />positive recommendations for improved water utilization.
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<br />U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ANALOG.
<br />DIGITAL COMPUTER MODEL
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<br />The District and the Colorado Water Conservation
<br />Board have co-sponsored a long-range scientific study of
<br />water resources in the Arkansas Valley for the past seven
<br />years. Officials from the U. S. Geological Survey con.
<br />tinued an intensive program of collection of data on
<br />ground water supplies, surface water resources, short.
<br />range and long-range use, and then fed these data into
<br />the Analog Computer, at the Research Center in Phoenix,
<br />Arizona.
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<br />A Digital Computer Program was introduced into
<br />the system during 1968, which will enable Officials to
<br />resolve problems over an extended period of yeaTS in
<br />the future. The same concept has been employed in 8
<br />number of other water short areas around the world, and
<br />officials of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
<br />District feel confident the Analog.Digital Computer will
<br />assist the present and future citizens in the Arkansas
<br />Valley in resolving long-range water probleIllB.
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<br />Shown above are two of the JOUT panels which re-
<br />produce approximately 125 miles of the Arkansas River
<br />between Pueblo. Colorado, and the Kansas Stateline.
<br />The Model is used by scientists and engineers to relate
<br />the re/ntionship of the surface flow to the ground water
<br />basin; the relationship of wells to the surface flow; and
<br />wells to each other. Data used in solving long-range
<br />management problems aTe kept current by regular 3YS.
<br />tematic readings at specific times each year. The U.S.
<br />Geological Survey carries on intensive studies involving
<br />data used on lhe Analog Compuler, and also solves
<br />additional problems by Digital Computer Programs,
<br />There is no limit to the number of water related pro.
<br />grams which can be analyzed by both the Analog and
<br />Digital Computers, and suggested management programs
<br />are developed to maximize the use of limited water re-
<br />sources in Southeastern Colorado, .
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<br />MUNICIPAL. INDUSTRIAL PIPELINE STUDY
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<br />The Fryingpan.Arkansas Project contains a pro-
<br />vision for the construction of a Municipal.lndustrial Pipe-
<br />line between Pueblo and Lamar, to serve intermediate
<br />Municipalities and water user associations, and also one
<br />extending from Canon City to Colorado Springs,
<br />On July 20, 1967, the Board of Directors entered
<br />into a contract with the Engineering Firm of Black and
<br />Veatch to recommend proposed alignments, sizing~ and
<br />estimated costs. The report was accepted by the Board
<br />of Directors on December 19, and the material made
<br />available to the Bureau of Reclamation for preliminary
<br />engineering purposes.
<br />In accordance with the contract with the Department
<br />of Interior, the Board of Directors, on April 18, 1968,
<br />approved a Resolution to the Secretary of Interior, re-
<br />questing that the PipeJines be made a part of the Project,
<br />due to the inability of the individual water users to con~
<br />struct individual water treatment and delivery systems.
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<br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
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<br />The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dis.
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