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<br />':") <br /> <br />LJ <br />.<'""'1 <br /> <br />~:) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Site selection would involve farmer contacts and sites would be selected only <br /> <br />from farmers who will be willing to work with USDA people. A good cross section <br /> <br />of irrigation systems and farm managers would be selected. It is highly likely <br /> <br />that some types of data will be collected and provided by the farmer. <br /> <br />Staffing Needs and Costs <br /> <br />In developing staffing requirements, consideration was givE!n to the type of <br /> <br />equipment used to. collect data, type of data collected, intensity of monitoring, <br /> <br />selection of sites, evaluation of data, water budgets, and the number of sites <br /> <br />that would be monitored. <br /> <br />Disciplines Required <br /> <br />The location of sites, inventoring of resources, moni toring, and evaluation of <br /> <br />the data requires an interdisciplinary team. One of the specialists would be <br /> <br />selected to manage the study. The disciplines needed are given in the following <br /> <br />list with some of their duties given in the Appendix on page 49. <br /> <br />Soil Scientist, GS-9/ll; Engineer, GS-9/ll; <br /> <br />Soil Conservationist, GS-9; Irrigation Technician, GS--9; <br /> <br />Conservation Technician, GS-5/7 <br /> <br />Support from state office and national technical centers is included in overhead <br /> <br />costs. <br /> <br />Staffing Requirements and Cost <br /> <br />In the development of staffing requirements, a list of required actions was <br /> <br />developed for four work items: site selection, monitoring by method of <br /> <br />irrigation; data evaluation; and water budget analysis along with the amount of <br /> <br />time needed to accomplish these activities as related to four equipment levels. <br /> <br />30 <br />