During the 2005 audit program, 67 audits were done, 15 of those were complete audits

The 2006 Mesa County Irrigation Audit Program Final Report Catch Cans in place for the Advanced Level Audit Report Submitted by: Dr. Curtis E. Swift, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Agent & Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor and Ardith Blessinger, Mesa County Irrigation Audit Specialist, Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor Funding: The 2006 project was funded by a grant from the Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Additional financial assistance was provided by the City of Grand Junction, Grand Junction Pipe & Supply and Colorado State University. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. No endorsement of products mentioned is intended nor is criticism implied of products not mentioned. Introduction: It is estimated that 7.6 square miles or 4,864 acres of the Grand Valley consists of high water-using landscapes. If the water application on all 4,864 acres was reduced by 40%, a savings of 11,187 acre feet or over 3.6 billion gallons of water would result. With an average of 1600 new home permits approved each year, water use in the Grand Valley and its over application will continue to rise. Over irrigation flushes 580,000 tons of salt into the Colorado River from the ...