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• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1971
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1971
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

RECORDS OF DELIVERIES AND RELEASES

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RIO GRANDE CO~lPACT COMMISSION REPORT

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At the annual meeting of the Compact Commission on April 20, 1972,
the records of deliveries and releases for calendar year 1971 were
examined and the computations of debits and credits based thereon were
reviewed. The records and computations as reviewed by the Commission
are reproduced on the next three pages.

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The delivery of water in the Rio Grande at the Colorado-New Mexico
State line was obtained from record of streamflow near Lobatos,
Colorado; the obligation of Colorado to deliver water at the State line
was computed as prescribed in Article III. Item C5, the Reduction of
Debits prescribed in Article VI, was computed in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations.

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The delivery of water by New Mexico to Project Storage was
computed from the actual streamflow record and the record of operation
of Elephant Butte Reservoir; the scheduled delivery was computed as
prescribed in the Resolution of the Commission adopted at the Tenth
Annual Meeting, and published in this Report. Item NM~, Reduction of
Debits by Evaporation, was computed in accordance with the Rules and
Regulations.

The actual release from Project Storage during the year was
measured at stations below Caballo Dam. The Accrued Departure from
Normal Release is an under-release but is omitted in accordance with a
decision of the Comrrdssion at the meeting on February 15. 1968.

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