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,': ,," ",,', , ;..~. .... ..1 CI") c~-J ,:\1 ~ C~i ~.' During the month of January of any year the Commissioner for Texas may de- mand of Colorado, ~nd New Mexico, and the Commissioner for New Mexico may de- mand of Colorado, the release of water from storage reservoirs constructed after 1929 to the amount of the aocrued debits of Coloradb and New ~exico, re- spectively, and such releases shall be made by each at the greatest rate prac- tioable under the conditions then prevailing, and in proportion to the total debit of each, and in amounts, limited by their aocrued debits, suffioient to bring the quantity of usable water in projeot storage to 600,000 acre feet by Maroh first and to maintain this quantity in storage until April thirtieth, to the end that a normal release of 790,000 aore feet may be found from project storage in that year. ARTICLE VIII ARTIBLE IX Colorado agrees with New Mexico that in event the United States or the State of New Mexioo deoides to oonstruot the necessary works for diverting the waters of the San Juan River, or any of its tributaries, into the Rio Grande, Colorado hereby oonsents to the construction of said works and the diversion of waters from the San Juan River, or the tributaries thereof, into the Rio Grande in New Mexioo, provided the present and prospective uses of water in Colorado by other diversions from the San Juan River, or its tributaries, are proteoted. ,; " ARTICLE X In the event water from another drainage basin shall be imported into the Rio Grande Basin by the United States or Colorado or New Mexico, or any of them jointly, the State having the ri~ht to the use of such water shall be given proper credit therefor in the appncation of the schedules. ARTICLE XI New Mexico and Texas agree that upon the effeotive date of this COQPuct all oontroversies between said States relative to the quantity or quality of the v:ater of the Rio Grande are conposed and settled; however, nothinG herein shall be interpreted to prevent recourse by a signatory state the the Supreme Court of the United States for redress should the cheracter or quality of the vmter, at the point of delivery, be changed hereafter, by one signatory State to the injury of another. Nothing herein shall be construed as an admission by any signatory state that the use of water for irrigation causos increase of salinity for whioh the user is responsible in law.