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In the case of Colorado. no annuar debit" nor .accrued debit shall exceed 100,000 acre-feet. except as either or both may be caused by holdover storage Of water in reservoirs constructed after 1937 1n the drainage basin of the Rio Grande above Lobatos. Hithin the physical limitations of storage capacity in such reservoirs. Colorado shall retain water in storage at all times to the extent of its accrued deb i t. In the case of New Mexico. the accrued debit shall not exceed 200.000 acre-feet at any time. except as such debit may be caused by holdover storage of water in reservoirs constructed after 1929 in the drainage basin of the Rio Grande between Lobatos and San Marcial. Within the physical limitations of storage capacity in such reservoirs. New Mexico shall retain water in storage at all times to the extent of its accrued debit. In computing the magnitude of accrued credits or debits. New Mexico shall not be charged with any greater debt in anyone year than the sum of 150,000 acre-feet and all gains in the quantity of water in storage in such year. . The cOll1Ilission by unanimous action may authorize the release from storage of any amou.nt of water which is then being held in storage by reason of accrued debits of Colorado or r.!ew ~1exico; provided, that such water shall be replaced at the first opportunity thereafter. In cO":iputinlj the amount of accrued credits and accrued debits of Colcrado or New ~exico. any annual credits in excess of 150,000 a~re-fee: sha~l be taken as equal to that amount. In any year in vlhich actud-l spill occurs, the accrued credits of.Colorddo. or fieri Mexico, or both. at the beginning of the year shall be reduced in proportion to their respective credits by the amolll'1t Df such Clctual spill; prQvided, that the (lnlount of actual spill shall be deemed to be increased by the agQregate gain in the amount of water in storage, prior to the tiw.e of spi1l, in reservoirs above San Marcial constructed after 1929; provided. further, that if the commissioners for the states having accrued credits authorized the release of part. or all. of such credits in advance of spill, the amount so released shall be deemed to constitute actual spill. In any year in which there is actual spill of usable water. or at the time of hypothet i ca 1 spi 1 1 thereof. a 11 accrued debi ts of Co 1 orado or New Mexico. or both, at the beginning of the year shall be cancelled. In any year in which the aggregate of accrued debits of Colorado and NeVI Mexico exceeds the minimum unfilled capacity of project , storage, such debits shall be reduced proportionally to an aggregate amount equal to such minimum unfilled capacity. To the extent that accrued credits are impounded in reservoirs between San ~larcial and Courchesne, and to the extent that accrued debitS are impounded in reservoirs abo'/e San !'~arcial, such credits and debits shall be reduced annually to compensate for evaporat:on losses in the proportion that such credits or debits bore to the total am(HlOt of watel' in such reservoirs during the year, 001517 ARTIClE VII Neither Colorado nor New Mexico shall increase the amount of water in storage in reservoirs constructed after 1929 whenever there is less than 400,000 acre-feet of usable water in project storage; provided. that if the actual releases of usable water from the beginning of the calendar year following the effect,ve date.of this compact, or from the beginning of the calendar year follow,ng actual spill, have aggregated more than an average of.790.000 acre- feet per annum; the t~me at which such minimum stage 1S rea~hed shell be adjusted to compensate for the difference between the total actual release and releases at such average rate; provlded. further, that Colorado or New Mexico. or both. may relinqu~sh , accrued credits at any time. and Texas may accept suc~ re~'n~ulshed water. and in such event the state. or states. so rel1nqu1shlng shall be entitled to store water in the amount of the ~ater so relinquished. ARTICLE VI II Ouring the month of January of any year the commissioner for Texas may demand of Colorado and New Mexico. and the commlS~loner for New Mexico may demand of Colorado. the release of ~Iater from storage reservoirs constructed after 1929 to the a~ount of the accrued debits of Colorado and New Mexico. respectlvely, and such releases shall be made by each at the greatest rate practicable under the conditions then prevailing. and in proportion to the total debit of each, and in 3~o~nts. limited by their accrued debits. sufficient to bring the quantity of usable water in project ~~~~~~n to 600.000 acre-feet by March first and to maintain this quan~!cJ in storage until April thirtieth, to the end that a normal release of 790.000 acre-feet may be made from project storage in that year. o I -l>o ARTICLE IX Colorado agrees with New Mexico that in event the United States or the state of New Mexico decides to construct the necessary works for diverting the waters of the San Juan river. or any of its tributaries. into the Rio Grande. Colorado hereby consents to the construction of said wJrks and the diversion of waters from the San Juan river or the tributaries thereof, into the Rio Grande in .New Mexico, pr~vided the present and prospective uses of water in Colorado by other diversions from the San Juan river. or its tributaries are protected. ARTICLE X In the event v.'ater 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 right to the use of such water shall be given proper credit therefor in the application of the sc~edules, ARTICLE XI r~e...' i1e\ic.o and Texas agree that upon the effective,',-'-,~~te of this. compact all controversies between said states relativi. ,the quantIty, ._~__ ~~ +-hn O~" r:"'':lntip ~rp ('nmnno;pd-'and settled~