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01 ('-1 (\1 ~ c.) '-' of storage capaoity in suoh reservoire, New Mexioo sl~ll retain water in stor- age at all times to the extent of its aecrued debit. In oomputing the magni- tude of aocrued credits or debits, New Uexico shall not be charGed with any greater debit in anyone year than the sum of 160,000 acre feet and all gains in the quantity of water in storage in suoh year. The Commission by un~imous aotion may authorize the release from storage of any amount of water whioh is then being held in storage by reason of ao- crued debits of Colorado or New Uexioo; provided, that such water shall be re- plaoed at the first opportunity thereafter. In oomputing the amount of aocrued oredits and aoorued debits of Colorado or Kew Mexioo, any annual oredits in exoess of 160,000 aore feet shall be taken as equal to that amount. In any yoar in which actual spill occurs. the accrued credits of Colorado. or New Mexioo, or both, at the beginning of the year shall be reduced in pro- portion to their respeotive credits by the amount of suoh aotual spill, provide~ that the amount of aotual spill shall be doened to be inoreased by the aggregate gain in the amount of' water in storage, prior to the time of spill, in reservoirs above San ~arcial construoted after 1929; provided, further, that if the Commis- sioners for the Statee having aoerued credits authorize the release of part, or all, of such oredits in advanoe of spill, the amount so released shall be deemed to oonstitute actual spill. In any year in which there is aotual spill of usable water, or at the time of hypothetical spill thereof, all acorued debite of Colorado, or New Mexico, or both, at the beginning of the year shall be cancelled. In any year in which the aggregate of aoorued debite ot Colorado end New Mexico exceeds the minimum unfilled capacity of projeot storage. such debits shall be reduoed proportionally to an aggregate amount equal to such minimum un- tilled oapacity. To the extent that aoorued credits are impounded in reservoirs between San Marcial and Courchesne, and to the exten~ that acerued debits are impounded in reservoirs above San Marcial, such oredits and debits shall be reduced annually to oompensate for evaporation losses in the proportion that sueh credit. or debits bore to the total amount of water in suoh reservoirs during the year. ARTICLE VII Neither Colorado nor New Mexico shall increase the amount of water in stor- age in reservoirs oonstructed after 1929 Whenever there is less than 400.000 acre feet of usable water in project storaGe; provided, that if the actual re- leases of usable water from the beginning of the oalendar ysar following the effective date of this Compaot, or from the beginnine; of the calendar year fol- lowing actual spill, have aggregated more than an average of 790,000 acre feet per annum, the time at which such minimuc stage is reached shall be adjusted to compensat~ for the difference between the total actual release and releases at such average rate; provided. further. that Colorado, or New Mexico. or both, may relinquish accrued credits at any time, and Texas may aocept 8uch relin- quished water, and in suoh event the state, or states, 50 relinquishing shall be entitled to store water in the amount of the water so relinquished.