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<br />-2- <br /> <br />circumstances, related partly to change in weather pat- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />terns and partly to changes in Valley economy and develop- <br /> <br /> <br />ment have resulted in Compact deficits. <br /> <br /> <br />Starting geographically at the higher end of the Rio <br /> <br />Grande we find that in Colorado the normal historical <br /> <br />patterns of water uSe aqd water administration no longer <br /> <br />lend themselves as effectively to the current situation, <br /> <br />as in the past. Vagaries of weather require man-made <br /> <br />solutions not heretofore anticipated. <br /> <br />Moving downstream, flood contrql and conservation <br /> <br />measures applied in New Mexico and Texas has imposed new <br /> <br />conditions so that the auto~atic protections written into <br /> <br />the Rio Grande Compact for the ~enefit of upstream suppliers <br /> <br />of water are no longer completely effective. Protection of <br /> <br />the Indian Wards of the United States has also continued <br /> <br />to change the burden imposed on the Rio Grande. Conditions <br />have finally reached a status such that the states of Texas <br /> <br />and New Mexico have thought it necessary for them to appeal <br /> <br />to the authority of the United States Supreme Court to <br /> <br />undertake what should basically be a scientific and engineer- <br /> <br />ing solution rather than a judicial one. <br />Foreseeing the gradual modification of the premises of <br /> <br />the Rio Grande Compact, the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation has <br /> <br />devised a scientific, mechanical administrative plan or pro- <br /> <br />ject which they believe offers a solution to the problem. <br /> <br />Their plan is the Closed Basin Project. It is recognized <br /> <br />ni: ':)8"" <br />.. '",,) b <br />