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<br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Potential sources for financing these proposed projects include <br />Office of Water Resources Research, Federal Water Pollution Control <br />Administration, and Office of Saline Water. A 11 are agencie" <br />administered by the Secretary of Interior. <br /> <br />In an effort to obtain better coverage of ',dtcr qua1i.ly for our <br />progt-arns in the State, we arc re-eXam1nl.ng our tIata collection program. <br />The examination has shown ways of reducing the cost of water analyses <br />by eliminating laboratory determinations of several of the constituents. <br />Correlations have been developed that permit e"timating these important <br />constituents within acceptable tolerances. The savings on analyses <br />permit us to broaden our coverage of the water-quality network. <br />Although continuing rIO-examination of the program promises additional <br />benefits, it seems appropriate to point out that the efforts are still <br />meager in describing the water quality in Colorado. <br /> <br />We have recently embarked on a program to stress increased accuracy <br />of streamflow records. As you know, both the Survey and State Engineer's <br />Office coordinate their work in measuring the State's surface-water <br />supply. Our engineers have put together a Procedures Manual and 9re <br />instructing our employees and those from the State Engineer's Office <br />on refined and standardized techniques. We expect this effort will <br />improve both efficiency and accuracy of our data collection program. <br /> <br />Considerable progress has been mnde on our studies of \\latc:;--[,",;3TI<Jcc;nent <br />practices in the Arkansas, South Platte, and San Luis Valleys. Ihe <br />information developed by the \~atcr Board's staff, by the St.Jte En~,l.ncer's <br />Office, and the consultants working under contracts sponsored by Senate <br />Bill No. 407 is being incorporated in the Survey's studies. Our computer <br />specialists in Washington now have the framework program for optimizing <br />various water management schemes. By mid-January we hope to have the <br />opportunity to publicly review the results of this effort. The report <br />given at the last Board meeting in Alamosa summarized our progress on <br />studies in the San Luis Valley. <br /> <br />Of particular note is the initiation of an expanded program of <br />study in the High Plains of Colorado. The study, sponsored largely by <br />the State Engineer's Office, is intended to provide the water managers <br />and planners with tools and information that will permit them to manage <br />their resource more wisely. This ground-water reservoir is similar to <br />that underlying the High Plains in other parts of the country. The <br />p.r.ohlcnlfl heJng (nc(:d hy 'l'<'~X.:lH l1nd New Mexico arc rc.prcRcntativc of <br />what Colorado may "xpect unless appropriate measures ore taken to <br />develop tile resource systematically. During the summer, the inventory <br />of new wells tapping the Ogallala was completed. Work on the analysis <br />and development of techniques will start this winter. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />1114 <br />