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<br />_ElWEll <br /> <br />, 0 <br />?'~:;'" . 5 1963 <br />,,~-:_,~ '.COLO, ,/'" ffi <br />toNSERVATION IIOAAG <br />,~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. IN REPLflACk <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br /> <br />GEOLOGICAL SURVEY <br /> <br />Water Resources Division <br />Colorado District <br />Building 25 <br /> <br />FEDERAL CENTE~. DENVER. COLORADO 80225 <br /> <br />January 2, 1968 <br /> <br />PRESS STATEMENT <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />U.S. Geological Survey to collect water records <br />in the High Plains <br /> <br />RELEASE DATE: Immediately <br /> <br />FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CALL: E. A. Moulder, District Chief <br />Water Resources Division <br />233-3611, Ext. 8621 <br /> <br />Water levels in 410 wells tapping the Ogallala Formation in the <br />High Plains of Colorado will be measured by personnel of the <br />U.S. Geological Survey during January 1968. The measurements <br />are being made as a part of the Survey's program to monitor <br />depletion of the ground-water resources in the rapidly developing <br />arca. The water-level program is sponsored by the U.S, Geological <br />Survey, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the Colorado <br />State University. The information will be of interest to <br />administrators, managers, and users of ground water in the area. <br /> <br />In addition, the study will include making annual estimates of <br />ground-water ~ithdrawals, and recording and locating new wells, <br />This program, initiated in 1954, will continue indefinitely and <br />will be intensified as development of the resource continues. The <br />data collected as part of this continuing study will be summarized <br />on maps and in tables and will show: (1) the location of large <br />capacity wells, (2) the depth to water, (3) the annual withdrawal <br />of ground wilter, and (4) the change in storage as reflected by <br />ch~mges' in ground-water levels. <br /> <br />At the same time, water levels will be measured in wells in the <br />Ogallala Formation in western Kansas by Survey parties headquartered <br />in Colby, Kansas. The field parties will be supervised by T. J. <br />Hajor in Colorado and Edward D. Jenkins in Kansas. Other Survey <br />participants in Colorado are: H. J. McIntyre, J. F. James, <br />V. M. Burtis, and T. Kostick, J. A. Brookman from Colorado State <br />University will supplement their efforts. <br /> <br />The cooperation of l.:.mJownL'rs and irrigators in the High Plains <br />is solicited and appreciated. <br /> <br />117E <br />