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<br />c.. ," ~1I....t'1,t'''' <br />. U~ i 10 <br />Department of Natural Resources - Colorado Water Conservation Board -.Division of Water Resources <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RGDSS Newsletter <br />Rio Grande Decision Support System <br /> <br />November 1,1999 <br /> <br />Introduction This newsletter is intended to <br /> <br />keep the RGDSS Advisory Committee and other <br />interested parties up to date regarding current <br />RGDSS activities. We expect to publish it 2 - 4 <br />times. a year. This is the 3rd edition, <br /> <br />To meet the contracting team and discuss. their <br />progress, an Advisory Committee (AC) meeting <br />has been scheduled as follows: <br /> <br />RGDSS Advisory .Meeting <br />1:00 Friday November 19, 1999 <br />Monte Vista Co Op <br />1901 East US Highway 160 <br />Monte Vista CO 81101 <br /> <br />Please RSVP to: <br />Ray Bennett (303) 866-3585 x 263 <br />Ralph Curtis (719) 589-6301 <br /> <br />Contract Summary Following is a <br />summary of progress under Phase I as of <br />September 30, 1999. <br /> <br />Component Contractor <br /> <br />Phase I % <br />Complete <br /> <br />40 <br /> <br />Ground Water HRS Water <br />Consultants, Inc. <br /> <br />Surface Water <br /> <br />Hydrosphere <br />Resource <br />Consultants <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br />Consumptive <br />Use and Water <br />Budget <br /> <br />Relational <br />System <br />Integration <br /> <br />Spatial System <br />Integration <br /> <br />Leonard Rice <br />Consulting and <br />Agro Engineering <br /> <br />Riverside <br />Technology, inc. <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />HDR <br />Engineering, Inc. <br /> <br />90 <br /> <br />D:\ WlRioGrandelAdvisory\News99 I I Ol.doc <br /> <br />Ground Water Component <br />Progress since the last newsletter and AC <br />meeting is as follows (the number in parentheses <br />refers to the contract Task): <br />. (2) Documentation of the existing San Luis <br />Valley Ground Water Model is approx. 95% <br />complete. <br />. (3) Develop Unit Response Functions is <br />approx. 95% complete. . <br />. (5) Sensitivity Analysis was completed. <br />. (6) Data Collection Program was completed <br />. (7) Hydrologic Data Review is approx. 95% <br />complete, <br />. (8) Develop a preprocessor to MODFLOW <br />(StatePP) is approx. 50% complete. <br />. (10) Well Construetiotl is approx. 10% <br />complete. Central Pump & Ray Newmeyer <br />were selected for drilling. Surface casing <br />has been installed on three (3) wells. One <br />well is close to completion within the <br />confined aquifer. <br />. (I I) Well Testing. Central Pump was <br />selected to assist with testing. <br /> <br />Surface Water Component <br />Progress since the last newsletter and AC <br />meeting is as follows (the number in parentheses <br />refers to the contract Task): <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(4) Basin Meetings is complete. This <br />activity included approx. 26 interviews with <br />representatives from ditch companies, the <br />state, the federal government, and water <br />user agencies of the valley regarding water <br />use and administration in the valley. <br /> <br />11/04/99 - 1 <br />