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<br />,~.N"'\ <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />.,.-I <br />Q <br />~, <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />schedules attempt to establish the relationship between water flows passing <br />certain guaging stations upstream and the resulting amount of water that <br />should flow past certain guaging stations downstream as calculated between <br />1928 and 1937.11 <br /> <br />Article III establishes two tables. One for the Rio Grande River and <br /> <br />its tributaries, less the discharge from the Conejos River system. The <br />other for the Conejos River and its tributaries. The tables attempt to <br />establish the amount of water required to flow across the state line into <br /> <br />New Mexico by ascertaining the amount of water entering the river systems. <br /> <br />The article permits the tables to be adjusted to reflect any change in loca- <br />tion of the gauging stations, any new or increased d~pletion of the runoff <br />above inflow gauging stations, and any transmountain diversions into the <br />drainage basin of the Rio Grande River above Lobatos. These adjustments <br /> <br />are necessary so that the relationship can be maintained between inflow <br /> <br />and outflow resulting from new depletions of flow or increased amount of <br /> <br />inflow resulting from transmountain diversions. Colorado was also granted <br />a 10,000 acre foot credit against the amount of water required to be de- <br />livered to New Mexico. <br /> <br />The tables were designed to reflect the fact that runoff varies each <br />year. Therefore, if the amount of water entering the drainage basin in <br />Colorado decreases, Colorado's commitment to furnish water at the state <br /> <br />1 i ne also decreases. In the a lternat i ve, duri ng wet years Colorado's ob- <br /> <br />. ligation to deliver water to New Mexico increases under the dual index <br /> <br />system. <br /> <br />11Hinderlider, Analysis of Compact, Colorado Attorney General's Office, <br />Denver, Colorado, page 21. <br />