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<br />o <br />1'- <br />C'j <br />"""i <br />(.;;> <br />(~...... <br />-, <br /> <br />VfJ-z'-'h~ <br /> <br />Rio Grande compactll <br /> <br />This study is based upOn an analysis of index supply (as <br /> <br />defined in the Rio Grande Compact) and deliveries for the Conejos <br /> <br />River, including the San Antonio River and the Los Pinos River as <br /> <br />defined in the Rio Grande Compact. It carries forward some aspects <br /> <br />of the "Memorandum on Operation of Rio Grande Compact",January <br /> <br />1955, by R. J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer. The f6110wing periods <br /> <br />were considered in the analysis: <br /> <br />Table I <br /> <br />Years <br /> <br />Length of Period <br />(Years) <br /> <br />Description of Period <br /> <br />1928-1937 <br /> <br />.10 <br /> <br />Rio Grande Compact study period <br /> <br />1938-1942 <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />Post-Compact study period <br />(little change in deliveries at <br />Los Sauces) <br /> <br />1943-1949 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Period of major change in <br />deliveries at LOS Sauces <br /> <br />1950-1967 <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />Period of continuing low <br />deliveries at Los Sauces. <br /> <br />1968-1975 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Period of water rights curtail- <br />ment to meet Colorado's corrunit- <br />ment under the U. S. Supreme <br />Court Stipulation <br /> <br />48 <br /> <br />The following paragraphs discuss each of the periods listed <br /> <br />in Table I. <br /> <br />lIby Ronald I. Blewitt, P. E., <br />former Water Res')urces Division <br />Engineer at Alamosa <br /> <br />-{ <br />