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assigned based upon anticipated increases, but with the inflationary costs experienced by the Bureau be- tween 1970 and 1974, and with the requirements for changes in construction brought about by the Environ- mental Protection Act of 1969, it became evident to the Bureau and the District that the final costs of the Project would be in excess of that authorized by Con- gress. During the course of the extensive hearings in Washington. D.C., Officials from the Bureau of Recla- mation indicated their desire to restudy the Proposed Domestic Pipelines, to determine whether or not the entities might be able to construct the Pipelines inde- pendent from the Project, and thus reduce the cost of the overall Project. The District objected to the re- moval of the Pipelines, and authorized the Consulting Firm of C. H. Hoper and Associates to develop an Economic Feasibility Study. The Study on the Foun- lain Valley Pipeline was completed in February 1975, and proved conclusively that the entities on the F oun- tain could not afford to construct the Pipeline inde- pendently from the Project, and the Board concluded the same economic conditions existed in the Arkansas Valley area. The Report was submitted to the United States Bureau of Reclamation for review, and the Directors are optimistic the Pipelines will remain a part of the over-all Project, due to the facl the Ad. ministration and the Congress have authorized pre- conslruction engineering funds for FY 1976 and FY 1977. DOMESTIC PIPELINES During the year, representatives from the five entities to be served by the Proposed Fountain Valley Pipeline. established a Committee to study, not only the costs related to the Pipeline, but also to the Water Treatment Plant which would be constructed by the entities independent from the Pipeline. In September the Fountain Valley Pipeline Committee concluded that it might be more economical to route the Proposed Pipeline from below Pueblo Dam to the Colorado Springs area, rather than from Canon City as originally planned, and this action was approved by the Board of Directors of the District. It became necessary for the Bureau of Reclamation to abandon all of the en- gineering work they were doing on the previous align- ment, and commence a crash program to attempt to keep the Pipeline on schedule. During the same time, Officials fronl the District met with representatives from the five individual Counties to be served by the Proposed Arkansas Valley Conduit, to apprise them of the amount of water which had been allocated to that Conduit, and the Proposed allocation amounts within the five Counties. At the same time, the Bureau of Reclamation perfected a Computer Study on the new cost of the Pipeline predicated upon 1976 costs and the amount of water allocated by the Board. 21 .. .... CO l:O CO -;- COOPERATIVE STUDIES <:) The members of the Board of the District are very much interested in developing all the data possible which will help the District and Water Agencies within the Valley to perfect workable Water Management Programs. Consequently, the Di5trict has partici- pated in Cooperative Programs with the !-1.S. Geologi. cal Survey for' a number of years. Dunng 1975 the U.s.G.S. continued Studies on the "Upper Arkansas Valley," to determine the ground-water characteristics in the triangle between Salida, Poncha Springs and Buena Vista; the "Wet Mountain Valley Study/' to establish the ground-water characteristics in the Wet Mountain Valley area in Custer County. and commence the "Transit Loss-Travel Time Study," to determine the hydrologic characteristics of the Arkansas River Basin between Pueblo Dam and John Martin Dam. Thi!3 Study was determined to be necessary for the accurate delivery of water from Pueblo Reservoir to the headgates and other means of diversion, and also to enable the entities participating in the Winter Stor- age Program to manage their water more effectively. On September 25, a number of the Canal and Irriga- tion Companies below Pueblo Dam agreed to partici- pate in a "Test Run," under which each gave up a percentage of their decreed water, in order that repre- sentatives from the U.S.G.S. and Division Engineer's Offices could monitor the flow of 100 cfs released from Pueblo for five days. The total 1,000 acre-feet was carefully observed through measurements at 100 discharge stations, and 150 water table observation wells. All data will be used in a Computer Study which will be reviewed by the Board and the Stale Engineer. During the year Mr. James TaylQr was transferred from the Pueblo Office to Denver, and Mr. Richard Fidler was assigned to the Pueblo Office from Colum- bus, Ohio. HISTORICAL REPORT In 1974 members of the Board of Directors de. termined it would be in the best interest of the District to accumulate historical information on the District and the Project, and Director George Everett was ap- pointed Chairman of a Special Committee. During 1974 and 1975 Miss E. DuVoid Burris, a Faculty member at the University of Southern Colorado, inter- viewed a number of persons who had been associated with the District, its predecessor organization and with the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, and committed those interviews into written transcripts. Early in 1975 the District retained the professional services of Mr. Ter- ence Brace, a recent History and Political Science Graduate of Western State College, to develop a His- torical Document from the voluminous transcripts pre- 22 . -. -"-'..~.'~~'. ,