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G ;11 t r\ (\ V.L to, . owner and ground water user is given an opportunity to present his proposed solution of the problem: Throughout the areas of extensive ground water use, hearings should be held and should be reported in competent fashion as are the meetings of the Colorado Water Conser- vation Board. . . Competent research in the ground water field as to physical facts, law, economics, and public administration does not of itself secure the adoption of a good ground water program. The need for active participa- tion of the ground water user commencing at the local level on through the various proposed organizational steps have been emphasized through- out the meetings of the advisory committee. Participants at the Ground Water Section of the Western Resources Conference and the authors of the many papers submitted on the subject from various authorities in the field all emphasize the need of local participation, adequate public knowledge, and wide public support. Any task force to which this prob- lem is assigned should be given adequate means of recording the comments of those who participate. Keeping a record for future reference is im- perative. The water shed associations with the help of the Extension Ser- vice, the local ditch companies, the county agents. and the county commissioners gathered a great deal of information. Their cooperation should be secured. Some such system supplemented by adequate re- porting would give the task force a sound basis for its deliberations. In addition, the cooperation of the press, including the metropolitan newspapers, in dissemminating the information so developed is a great need. Federal and state agencies have done an excellent job in gathering a great deal of information. They and the many competent men and women who have worked for a sound ground water program and adequate legislation have not been able to educate the public at large and ground water users in particular of the soundness' of the work which they have done, nor the possible solutions which they can provide. . Any success attendant upon the efforts of the consultants is primarily because of the active participation of the advisory committee. Our sister states, the federal agencies, the state agencies of Colorado, the Extension Service, and Colorado State University have responded generously to our requests. We are pleased to deliver to the Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado Ground Water Commission, the . - l2 -