SATISFACTORY PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING PROJECT OUTPUTS AS OF 6/14/66. WATER PRESSURE AND DISCHARGE DATA AND QUENTITATIVE HYDROLOGY DATA ARE MEDIOCRE. EGYPTIAN GENERAL DESERT DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (EGDDO) PERFORMANCE HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN COMPREHENSIVE GROUNDWATER EVALUATION. EGDDO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH STUDY AND PRODUCTION; MAJOR PROBLEM OF PROJECT WAS RAPID CONVERSION OF TEST WELLS TO PRODUCTION, WITHOUT WAITING UNTIL HYDROLOGICAL STUDIES OF WELLS WERE COMPLETED. TEST WELLS HAD SUFFICIENT DISCHARGE FOR IRRIGATION. CONVERSION RESULTED IN MEDIOCRE QUANTITATIVE DATA WHICH SLOWED PROJECT AND CAUSED REDUCTION IN SCOPE TO INCLUDE ONLY KHARGA AND DAKHLA OASES. FULL-TIME QUANTITATIVE HYDROLOGIST MIGHT HAVE OVERCOME CONVERSION OF TEST WELLS TO PRODUCTION. GUIDANCE OF PROJECT WAS SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED FROM 8/64-3/65 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CHIEF ADVISOR.
