WSP12927

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grand Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Date: 1/1/2004
• Author: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Title: 2004 Annual Report of the Rio Grand Compact Commission
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

QUALITY OF WATER

In the event that delivery of water is made from the Closed Basin into the Rio Grande,
sufficient samples of such water shall be analyzed to ascertain whether the quality thereof is within
the limits established by the Compact.

SECRETARY ~

The Commission, subject to the approval of the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, to a
cooperative agreement for such purposes, shall employ the U.S. Geological Survey on a yearly
basis, to render such engineering and clerical aid as may reasonably be necessary for administration
of the Compact. Said agreement shall provide that the Geological Survey shall:

(1) Collect and correlate all factual data and other records having a material bearing on
the administration of the Compact and keep each Commissioner adviser thereof.

(2) Inspect all gaging stations required for administration of the Compact and make
recommendations to the Commission as to any changes or improvements in methods of
measurement or facilities for measurement which may be needed to insure that reliable records be
obtained.

(3) Report to each Commissioner by letter on or before the fifteenth day of each month,
except January, a summary of all hydrographic data then available for the current year - on forms
prescribed by the Commission - pertaining to:

(a) Deliveries by Colorado
(b) Deliveries by New Mexico
(c) Operation of Project Storage

(4) Make such investigations as may be requested by the Commission in aid of its
administration of the Compact.

(5) Act as Secretary to the Commission and submit to the Commission at its regular
meeting in February a report on its activities and a summary of all data needed for determination of
debits and credits and other matters pertaining to administration of the Compact.

COSTS L1

In February of each year, the Commission shall adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year
beginning July first.

Such budget shall set forth the total cost of maintenance and operating of gaging stations,
of evaporation stations, the cost of engineering and clerical aid, and all other necessary expenses
excepting the salaries and personal expenses of the Rio Grande Compact Commissioners.

Contributions made directly by the United States and the cost of services rendered by the
United States without cost shall be deducted from the total budget amount; the remainder shall then
be allocated equally to Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.

~ The substitution of this section for the section titled "Reports to Commissioners" was adopted at
Ninth Annual Meeting, February 22, 1948.

L1 Amended at Eleventh Annual Meeting, February 23, 1950.