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<br />~ <br />C\l <br />o::P' <br />.-I <br />o <br />o <br /> <br />(25) Other Limi tiltionS. suc.;gested by the engineering <br /> <br />advisers, include: <br /> <br />(1) A provision that net t!1er Colorado nor !lew Mex1,oo shall <br /> <br />inorease t.he amount of water in storage in reservoirs constructed since' <br /> <br />1929 whenever thero is les8 thll:ll 41:)0,000 acre-feet of water in storage <br /> <br />avanable for use in theRia Grande projeotl and if' this minimum <br /> <br />st.,,'nge is re,,-o]wd on January fi.l"s'l; of any year, Colorado and New <br /> <br />Mc:dco shall "anh relea~ on ,l""ullld, at the greatest ro.'OO prao,\:ioable, <br /> <br />wnter frOll: reservoirs in an ar.,ount equal to th!!l total debit of 6Mh <br /> <br />w!,loh "'&13 eausod by etorag<:> of water in reservoirs. <br /> <br />Msroo: Viit:l l"HIOl"foirs filling lUld roletlSing water during a oll.1ender <br /> <br />,,'Oar, along ../ith oanal dlw.t"sions EIl1d uses, hew can anynne say with <br /> <br />definiteness, that e.n annual deM,t, calculated n!'ter the ye!l.r is <br /> <br />conGludod, was GauGed oy illiG. ft."" ,"uah was due .to' reservoir storage? <br /> <br />(2) Drainage works <)cilletrueted after 1937 .fro,,,, thl:> Clased. <br /> <br />Basin in Colorado 6h&.11 be ~ redl ted with 'the amaunt PI' water deHvered. <br /> <br />;orovidi",!,: the que.lHy 'Of the ",eter is sueh that theprllportion 'Of' s'OdiUlJl <br /> <br />ions is lass then 45 percent of the tot,al positive lons in that _tar. <br />~ <br />Me,,,-o, reI' Tipton, this pl'Ovision w(,,-,ld,..:vnilvMt Calorado from reoeiving <br /> <br />2redi t fer ws.t.,r drained front the swamp !\.rea proper. but would prevent <br /> <br />receiv-ing credi.t for watsrs i'rom weat 01' t,he llWW"p or from the creaks of the <br /> <br />east. sida. <br /> <br />(3)Should the "normal release" from Elephant Bu.tte reservoir be <br /> <br />modifiec by any change in th.e e,mol1nt 'Of diversions and loss to Merloo, the <br /> <br />Stites of Colorado and New liexioo ahould share equally therein, and the <br /> <br />accrued credits or debits 0;,' euch shall be adjust.ed annually by an amount <br /> <br />equal to one_t.hird of' suoh ohange in diversions and loss to Mexico. <br /> <br />-14- <br />