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<br />PRESS STATENENT FOR:
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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
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<br />FEDERAL CENTER. DENVER. COLOR....DO 80225
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<br />SUBJECT: Hydrology of the South Platte River valley oetween
<br />Henderson and the Colorado-Nebraska State line
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<br />RELEASE DATE: Scptcmoer 2, 1966
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<br />FOR ADDITIONAL INFOR}~TION CONTACT: L. A. Wood, District Geologist,
<br />Ground hTater lhanch, U.S. Geological Survey, Room 260, Jo.s!ins
<br />Department Store, Bldg., Villa Italia Shopping Center, 7200 West
<br />Alameda, Lakewood, Colo., 233-3611, Ext. 8546. (Mailing acres"
<br />Water Resources Division, Bldg. 25, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
<br />Co lo. 80225)
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<br />The Wa ter Resources Divis ion of the U. S. Geo logica 1 Survey, in
<br />cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, announced
<br />today the beginning of a comprehensive 5-year study of the South
<br />Platte River valley between Henderson and the Colorado-Nebraska State
<br />line. D. R. Albin, P. A. Schneider, and J. F. James have been
<br />assigned to the project, and additional Geological Survey staff
<br />members will be assigned in the near future. The purpose of the
<br />study is to define the hydrology of the river valley and provide
<br />the data needed for efficient management of the valley's water
<br />resources.
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<br />Cooperation in prcwiding ,,rater data will be sought from many
<br />people in the area in the coming months. Most of the municipal,
<br />industrial, and irrigation wells in the valley will be visited and
<br />water levels will be measured periodically in many of them. After
<br />two to three years of data collection, an electrical analog model
<br />of the ground"water-surface water system will be constructed in
<br />tha Geological Survey's computer laboratory. The model will be used
<br />to analyze the operation of the system and, eventually, to project
<br />t~e effects On the system of proposed changes in water use and
<br />~anagement practices. InformatiOn gathered during the study will
<br />~2 available to State and local agencies, irrigation companies,
<br />iarm operators, and the public.
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