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<br />~"') <br />. <br />r.o <br />N <br /><:.> <br />Q <br /> <br />':.:..,'...".",' <br /> <br />Completed Studies. <br /> <br />I. Groundwater investigation in the Taos and Cerro Irrigation <br />Uni ts. This is a study comple,t:M 'by the ,u.' S. Geological Survey and <br />a letter report has been submitted ;to''the U."S'. Bureau of Reclamat.ion. <br />The proposed Cerro Unit and the'nortrrerh por'tidn'ofthe'~aos Unit; <br />San Juan-Chama Irrigation,ProjeC:t, were found 'to be infeasible' for a <br />surface water supply because the proposed dam sites were geologically <br />unsuitable. The purpose of this study was"to' determine the possibility <br />of serving part of these' areas wi th' a'gronndwa ter ,supply. ' <br /> <br />2. p'ecos water salvage proje<ot is'a U. S. Bureau' of 'Reclamation <br />project. P. L. 88-594 sign;,d by ,the Presid'entonSeptl'otnber'12,: 19&4;" <br />authorized a program to reduce non-beneficial use of water throughout <br />the Pecos River Basin. The flood ~rain of the Pecos River in many <br />areas had become choked with woody vegetation, largely saltcedars, <br />which use large amounts ofwatel:. The initial cte:aringand supptes- <br />sion of this' undesirable vegetationhasbeEmcbmpleted'and a confinu- <br />ing operation and maintenance program to prevent reinfestation is <br />being carried out. <br /> <br />3. San Simon Cienega Project;' Las Cruces,New i1exico~ ,,'This <br />project was constructed by the Bur;,au"of'.-L,ahd Management, and'was de- <br />veloped especially for the', Mexican: DucI<; an endangered' sp<!cies,' and <br />other wildlife. Wells'were drilled' and l8'ponds'were:constructed. <br />These ponds have a total of 40 surface acres and average four feet deep. <br />, ;:j"" ,t <br /> <br />4. Upper Rio Grande Basin,' New''MeJdco/Water' and Relat;,d Land <br />Resources, Type IV Basin Study completed in 1974,,' report published'" <br />in October 1974. This is a joint study by the Soil Conservation <br />Service, Economic Research S'erllice,' and ForestSet'V'ice') in,"coope:ra- <br />tion with the New Mexico State Engineer and other statEFand,f.ederal <br />agencies. Information was collected and developed regarding water <br />and related land resources uB'e' attdrtianag'ement. Special emPhasis' is <br />placed on multiple uses. <br /> <br />.'\' <br /> <br />5. There are numerous small watershed projects in the Rio <br />Grande and Pecos River Basins completed' under' P'.L. "'566," Watershed <br />Protection and Flood Prevention Program~ Thisprdgram isadrtiin- <br />istered by the Soil Conservation Service with Cooperation of the <br />New Mexico State Engineer Office. ',The' obj'ective' !of this pro'gram <br />is soil and water resource development, use and conservation;'and <br />flood control and prevention. Local organizations carry out the <br />project responsibilities. <br /> <br />6. Basin plans have been completed by the New Mexico Environ- <br />mental Improvem;,nt Agency for thefdllowing: (I) Middle Rio 'Grande <br />Basin Plan, March, 1976; '(2) Lower Rio'Grande'Baslti'Plari; September, <br />1975; and Pecos River Basin Plan, August, 1976. <br /> <br />The basin plans are management documents' which identify' 'the <br />water quality problems of basins and sets forth remedial programs <br />to alleviate those problems. <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />,.<;..~; .. /' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />