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<br />study the' ~ff~ct of a watershedtr,eatmentplanin Dog Valley near Verdi,
<br />Nevada. Work on the report of the floods of Dcember 1955 was continued
<br />and is scheduled for completion in January 1957. Rehabilitation and repair
<br />ofgaging-stationfs,cil ties whicn were d,amaged by the floods was continued
<br />andpract:i.cally cClmpl,e'ted dur:Ulg ,1:,heperiod.
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<br />Ground-water ,studies under tile cooperative, program were continued'
<br />wi thout significant change. TAbrkwas continued on the 'report on Quinn
<br />River )Talley, ,Humboldt- County, 'and Crescent Valley in Eureka and Lander
<br />'Coun tie s. Additional field',lvork waedone for tile supplemental ground-water
<br />study of Las Vegas Valley, Clm'k County. The' study -of'l'ruckee MeadOws,
<br />Washoe, CouiltYi wa$ rea,ctiva,ted. '
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<br />!t:lves:l;igations of water quality wElre continued at one daily station
<br />on" the Humboldt River at Rye :patch Dam.
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<br />Collection of stream-now records continued without change, with 10
<br />river staticms and 4 canl!j.lstationein New Mexico and .3 river stationsiIi
<br />Colorado. Majorrehabilitati<;,n was completed ,at 2 stations, Citizens Ditch
<br />and La Plata River near FarmiIigton.
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<br />_,The study,of ground-water conditions in Grant County, whichbegall in ,
<br />October 195.3 1,n"cooPeration with ,the Grant Courty Coinmlssion and the New ,,',
<br />MSlCico state ~gine:er, is being continued in ciboperationwi tn the New ' '
<br />Mexiqii, state Engineer. "The western part of GI'ant CountY ill in the Gila
<br />Riverdrainage~ Field work rasessentially'completedbyMay 1956. Aminal'
<br />amount of field _work i's beiIigconj:.inued and ground-water data are he:Ulg
<br />compUed. The study is designed to ansWer qUestions as ,to 1;heavailability
<br />of groundwater in the heavily populated areas where water formunidpal:l.'!;ie$
<br />and .the, mining ,iIidustry is:i,n,short supply and in agricultural area:s where '
<br />add~tionalsuPP1ies of ir:r,:l.ga'!;ionand stock water are needed. '
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<br />, ,'Tiie ,study of ground water, in the' qallup area, which 'begin in August
<br />19;5 in copper~tian with'the city at, oa).lup and the New Mexico state '
<br />Engiil~9r, ,i13 ,being continued. Field work was essentially completed in
<br />SepteMber 1~~6., The study is presently scheduled for, two years and is 10
<br />determine ~he qUanti~y, qual~ty, SQUrce, and-occurrence of groUnd water '
<br />in the area as an aid to location qf ,additional munic:l.pal and otmr water
<br />suppli~s. '
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<br />"Recoma,:LsslUicestudies of ground-water occurrence were made on the
<br />~uni Indian.,ReBervation. in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian AffairB,
<br />il:fid'-atChaco Canyon Nat:l.onal Monument, in cooperation with the National
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<br />A~epor'fb:n 'llalil're:,~Wll,.'t1~:S'l~"~'WJ!I!exioo is being prepared. The report,
<br />will includea:vdlable inf'Orinat!oithn ~:tionsof western New Mexico which
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