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<br />. <br /> <br />OOOI?! <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The U. S. House of Representatives recently appropriated <br />monies for the Dallas Creek, Fruitland Mesa, Savery-Pot Hook, and <br />Animas-La Plata Projects. <br /> <br />The Board has worked extensively with the Bureau of Reclamation <br />Over the years on these projects and has expended a great deal of <br />money and professional assistance to the Bureau for the completion <br />of these projects. <br /> <br />Feasibility investigations are under way and are in various <br />stages of completion on the Yellow Jacket, Grand Mesa, Upper <br />Gunnison, Basalt, and the Lower Yampa Projects. No funds were <br />included in the President's proposed F. Y. 1974 budget and, unless <br />congressional write-ins include additional funds, feasibility <br />studies on these projects will be terminated at the end of F. Y. <br />1973. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation has been authorized to carry out <br />an extensive Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program <br />along the Colorado River Main Stem in Colorado. <br /> <br />Bureau salinity programs under way along the Colorado River <br />Main Stem include the Grand Valley Project, the Glenwood Springs- <br />Dotsero Point Source Control Project, and the Grand Valley <br />Improvement Project. These projects are outlined below: <br /> <br />Grand Valley Proiect - Irrigation scheduling on 125 <br />farms involving about 500 fields that comprise 7,000 acres. <br /> <br />Glenwood Sprinqs-Dotsero Point Source Control Proiect - <br />Saline spring flow measurement and sample collection. A special <br />summary report on these data will be issued. <br /> <br />Grand Valley Improvement Proiect - Determinations of <br />canal and lateral sizes, farm turnout locations, and acreages <br />served are under way on both federal project and private irriga- <br />tion systems. Cost estimates for main canal linings and laterals <br />are being prepared on the federal project area. <br /> <br />Within the scope of the Bureau of Reclamation's program, <br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board is pursuing an intensive <br />irrigation scheduling and efficiency study in the northwestern <br />portion of the Grand Valley. The study is under the direction of <br />a resident Water Resources Engineer who is assisted by a Water <br />Resources Engineer at the Board's Denver office. Matching funds <br />have been allocated to the U. S. Geological Survey to monitor the <br />inflow-outflow from the study area; Several gaging stations have <br /> <br />17 <br />