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RIO GRANDE COMPACT {cont.) <br />5. Delivery credits and debits shall be computed on the basis of each calendar year, and <br />Colorado's annual or accrued debit shall not exceed ] 00,000 acre-feet except as either or both <br />may be caused by holdover storage in reservoirs constructed after 1937. (Art. VI) <br />6. Colorado shall retain, insofar as possible, water in storage at all times to the extent of her <br />accrued debit. (Art. VI) <br />7. In any year in which actual spill occurs, accrued credits are reduced in proportion to the <br />amount of credit held by Colorado and New Mexico, and both states do not have a delivery <br />obligation. In any year in which there is actual spill of usable water, all accrued debits are <br />canceled. (Art. VI) <br />In any year that accrued debits exceed the minimum unfilled capacity ofproject storage, such <br />debits shal] be reduced proportionally to an aggregate amount equal to the minimum unfilled <br />capacity. (Art. VI) <br />9. No increase in storage in reservoirs constructed after 1929 is permitted whenever there is less <br />than 400,000 acre-feet of usable water in project starage. (Art. VII) <br />10. During January of any year, the Commissioner for Texas ar New Mexico may demand the <br />release of water from reservoirs constructed after 1929 to the amount of the accrued debit of <br />Colorado and/or New Mexico. (Art. VIII) <br />11. Review of nonsubstantive changes in the Compact can be considered every fifth year. <br />(Art. XIII) <br />12. The schedules of delivery in the Compact shal] never be changed as a result of an increase or <br />diminution in the delivery of water to Mexico. (Art. XIV) <br />