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<br />.~; <br />":=:t'l <br />,-4 <br />...-.l <br /> <br />c:.; <br />c::' <br /> <br />Studies conducted by the Soil Conservation Service field office included <br />a farm by farm inventory which had the support and cooperation of 2,200 <br />landowners who provided information on their irrigation systems and <br />practices. <br /> <br />The Soil Conservation Service inventoried on-farm irrigation systems and <br />determined improvement needs, costs and impacts. The Bureau of Reclamation <br />inventoried the off-farm canal and lateral system and determined improve- <br />ment opportunities. Close coordination of the studies were required, so <br />that the total system can be operated compatibly and efficiently. <br /> <br />The Agricultural Research Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado <br />State University, and Colorado Water Conservation Board are conducting <br />or have carried out research and demonstration programs in the valley <br />and their results along with results from monitoring the system provide <br />a valuable data base to establish present conditions and expected <br />results with improved irrigation efficiency. <br /> <br />9 <br />