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In 1990, the Western Regional Environmental Education Council, original 

 sponsor of the nationally recognized Project Learning Tree and Project WILD. 

 began endorsing Project WET as a national water resources education effort. 

 Reclamation is the sponsor of National Project WET which is currently in its 

 second year of a three-year development period. Development of National 

 Project WET is scheduled for completion by September 1994. after which it will 

 be made available throughout the country. 



Current Status Ongoing. 



Contact : Debee Schwarz. Public Affairs Office. Boise. Idaho. 208-378-5020. 



Water Measurement and Accounting Enhancement Program 



Background 



Water Measurement and Accounting Enhancement is a pilot demonstration program 

 intended to create a cost -sharing incentive for implementation of improved 

 water measurement and accounting practices in the field as they are associated 

 with water conservation planning by districts. Under this program, the 

 Regional Water Conservation Center has developed ongoing pilot programs with 

 Frenchtown Irrigation District in western Montana and Aberdeen-Springfield 

 Canal Company in Southeastern Idaho. 



The program is structured to provide a 50? cost-share incentive that is not to 

 exceed $10,000 for approved demonstration projects in water measurement and 

 accounting. To be eligible, districts must submit demonstration project 

 proposals based on identified water conservation plan measures. 



Current Status 



Frenchtown Irrigation District: A stilling well and a float gage were 

 installed in the main canal in the spring of 1992. and the canal was 

 flow-metered several times to develop a rating curve. Vandals destroyed 

 the gaging station during the irrigation season resulting in incomplete 

 diversion records for the year. The gaging station was moved to a more 

 secure site in May of 1993 in preparation for irrigation season. There 

 are currently tentative plans for cost-sharing the installation of a 

 permanent water measurement weir at the site. 



Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Company: The system currently has a rated 

 section with concrete sidewalls and a gravel bottom. The section is 

 monitored automatically, and calibrated about once a month. Flow 

 measurements on the rated section have a substantial degree of 

 variability due to shifts in the rating curves caused by moss and weed 

 growth. Upon approval of the Memorandum of Agreement, in which 

 Reclamation will share in 50* of the cost of the weir, the rated section 

 will be replaced with a broad-crested weir. 



Contact : Brian Hamilton. Water Operations Systems Specialist. Pacific 

 Northwest Regional Water Conservation Center. Boise. Idaho. 208-378-5282. 



