. . . unlike too many children sucking on straws in the same ice cream soda, and led to a detailed investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Colorado Water Conservation Board,[16] outgrowths of which were the present report and its predecessors.

The water system of the Ute Conservancy District was virtually completed by late 1964 and began to supply water to rural residents of Grand Valley between the towns of Palisade and Mack through a vast network of pipelines. The water is obtained from surface sources on the north flank of Grand Mesa east of the valley and is brought to the valley via a pipeline down the valley of Plateau Creek. Use of the new water has reduced the draft on many of the artesian wells. The reduced draft has locally arrested the decline in the artesian head or has actually allowed some recovery in head.

In order of their importance and productivity the water-bearing sandstones are the Entrada, the Wingate, and local sandstone lens. . . Read More