PROGRAMS AND PLANS - Program in Fiscal Year 1958 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water Resources Division Washington 25, D.C. In reply refer to: August 30, 1957 Code 4054 0001 GROUND WATER BRANCH MEMORANDUM NO. 58.8 To: District Chiefs and Staff Officials From: Chief, Ground Water Branch, Washington, D.C. Subject: PROGRAMS AND PLANS - Program in Fiscal Year 1958 The dual purpose of this memorandum is to request information with which, A-to prepare an accurate summary of the Branch program for fiscal year 1958 similar to the summaries for previous years, and B-to coordinate geologic mapping activities with those in other Divisions of the Survey. A- Summary of Investigations The attached summary of Ground-water Investigations in progress in 1956-57, and the map for 1955-56 at scale 1:5,000,000 for your district were prepared from data previously submitted from your district. You are requested to revise this list and map--either ink or pencil will be satisfactory--to show your program for 1957-58, and to return the revised summary and map to this office by October 21, 1957. Please show all investigations active as of July 1, 1957 and also investigations that are to be started this year under firm commitments. An investigation will be considered active unless the report was approved for release to the open file or to another Federal agency prior to July 1, 1957. Investigations terminated without a formal report should be explained in a brief memorandum. Please indicate, by month and year in the remarks column, the planned date of beginning of new projects for this fiscal year. In revising the summary, under "Project Title, Location and Objective" add the name of the Project Chief; under "Schedule" revise to show your current estimate of completion dates; under "Geologic mapping" indicate the scale of field mapping done or to be done on the project; under "Per cent complete July 1," revise to show status at the beginning of this fiscal year, which should be as shown on your quarterly progress reports dated June 30, 1957, and under "Remarks" show the principal objectives of work during fiscal year 1958. B- Geologic Mapping Activities In addition to checking the column "Geologic Mapping" on the summary forms, please complete the enclosed questionnaire entitled "Work Plans and Accomplishments," in triplicate, for each active project on which there is geologic mapping, and outline the areas on the enclosed index map of Topographic Mapping. Two copies of the completed questionnaire should be forwarded so that they will be received in this office on or before October 21, 1957. The third copy should be retained in your files for future reference. (s) A. N. Sayre Enclosure Distribution: A, B, GS, GFO