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<br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION
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<br />COLORAOO
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<br />TEXAS
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<br />NEW MEXICO
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<br />The Honorable Dolph Briscoe
<br />Governor of the State of Texas
<br />Austin, Texas
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<br />March 30, 1973
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<br />The Honorable John A. Love
<br />Governor of the State of Colorado
<br />Denver, Colorado
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<br />The Honorable Bruce King
<br />Governor of the State of New Mexico
<br />Santa Fe, New Mexico
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<br />Sirs:
<br />
<br />The 34th annual meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was
<br />held at Alamosa, COlorado, on March 29-30, 1973.
<br />
<br />The Commission reviewed its prior reports and the current reports
<br />of the Secretary relative to streamflow at Compact gaging stations and
<br />storage in reservoirs. The Commission found that:
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<br />(a) Deliveries of water at the COlorado-New Mexico State line by Colorado
<br />amounted to 162,300 acre-feet, which was 28,100 acre-feet in excess
<br />of the scheduled delivery in 1972. The accrued debit for Colorado
<br />was reduced to 766,200 acre-feet as of December 31, 1972. However,
<br />in light of the, as yet unresolved, controversy between the States,
<br />Colorado cannot agree with the conclusions as to her indebtedness.
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<br />(b) DeliVeries of water into Elephant Butte Reservoir by New MeXico,
<br />as measured by the Elephant Butte Effective SuPply, amounted to
<br />424,700 acre-feet, which was 153,600 acre-feet in excess of the
<br />scheduled delivery in 1972. However, under terms of the Compact
<br />the annual credit of New Mexico is limited to 150,000 acre-feet.
<br />The accrued credi t of Net., J.1exico was 41,700 acre-feet as of
<br />December 31, 1972.
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<br />(c) Releases of usable water in 1972 from Project Storage amounted to
<br />261,600 acre-feet, which was about 33 percent of the normal release
<br />defined by the Compact.
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<br />(d) Expenses of administration of the Rio Grande Compact were $33,963
<br />in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972. The United States bore
<br />$12,240 of this total; the balance of $21,723 was borne equally
<br />by the three States party to the Compact.
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<br />RespectfUlly,
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