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<br />To be submitted to Office of Director of Extension Service immediately" on co~ lation of each County visit or field trip.
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<br />Floyd Brown, Morton Bittinger, Bud Sweet, of the Bureau of Reclamation, and I met with agents
<br />John Hallsen, Les Porter, James Whitmore, Abe Relyea, James Sachse, and Bernie Williams to
<br />explore the problem of pumping water from the closed basin to satisfy the compact agreement.
<br />Comments by Mr, Bittinger, Mr. Sweet, and Mr. Brown improved the understanding of the agents
<br />in reference to this problem. It was quite evident that the agents and, I am sure the major-
<br />ity of the local people, do not have very much knowledge of this complex situation and are
<br />,afraid of any proposal which might disturb the economy of the Valley.
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<br />The areas of concern are expressed as follows:
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<br />1. If the progra~ is initiated, what re-course, if any, will the p~ey people have should
<br />they be in disagreement with the operational decisions of the B!;',,"C!?
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<br />2. How Can it be proven that pumping from the closed basin wUl Ql' will not affect the
<br />sub-level or the artesian flow above and/or below the pumpi~ st~tlon~?
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<br />3. If the sub-level or artesian flow is thought to be affected by the pumping, wb~t r&-
<br />course do the Valley people have?
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<br />4. Once the dra't'ii~e c!iimiil iig'> c'i>'tfffi,'C'i:ed to the river and pumping is stat-toed, wb4\t lltu&l.'&ntee
<br />is there that tHi!" gYdUHl:f1 Jitlte'F .11'11.1 not become a part of the cOOlpact age<e~nl:l
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<br />5. What are the operational safe guards?
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<br />6. What alternatives do the people in the Valley have?
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<br />7, If the pumps fail to produce the required amount of ~!~, ~~t t~nZ
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<br />8. Who and what determines the stopping point for pumping?
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<br />9. If excess water is pwnped, can additional water be removed from the river at pollt'ltl/l
<br />above the pwnp stations?
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<br />Mr. Sweet stated that the bill authorizing such a project would set forth in detail all the
<br />operational procedures which would be followed by the Bureau. He stated that a local g~p,
<br />perhaps the Water Conservancy District representatives, would act in an advisory capacfty
<br />to the Bureau. The agents felt that this >.R!tqpq~~l-d!l.l~pM;~;7"~~e~f~,d,~an~ I:'resettted t~ tehe
<br />Valley people in order for them to be_~ol1l@."~H"ii%9,rf!!e~fP1;J~~,r9 f<?'lC~t_~fe~entation Of the
<br />request to the congress. In diSCUSSJ.h& ~~Xi%. ,.',<!o,d ~e.all~,,}lt~~t. 5}'~~;t~~..ij~.ri1~~Wl1 ~o the?p'eople,
<br />a working model would be very desiral1J.,e"f,p~;:)Vi,d~4"H,$alc!~d ~F~PIib,Rr,pyf~~Qi~u!al:'~d. Wiir~.,
<br />would need graphs and cha.rts to,._c.larj,j;~. ,,"!lrtain ~\lesq.ons. Mt:e .~~en~sfiUn~Hlit'BI!I~s 'meet-
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<br />ings should not be held before;localdgrl'MPs. s~ch"~~bd~lil<ht8ell'l(anf~h ',f,a~m 0."ganJ.za~i'8il.s, "He.
<br />They should first be. contacted;,.an.d;;madll ~jlIIlJ.har. "Itt~()th~1 ~OMl~R);oJ{l~,!,~~~~l'€:r~~~~@dsgb'l!lit'tal'l.
<br />The agents do not wafit] t\?act 1ts',rna~tters 9~ cerempftYabP,lj ~~,y,!.qfit~~~s~:1~~':tng;~!)Bil,t"\l~~~i\sttltl'le
<br />use of a qualified local man. The agents tee1 it is absolutely necessatytthatt~~ereO~e
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<br />Whenever possible speciaUsts should "sectionaUze~egpr~,s ul1~er 'fie fol' . "'&ilj,\f:l.itls'-
<br />Event and Location; Purpose; Accompl1shllleots; problemlll or <<_rkill.
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