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RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION COLORADO TEXAS NEW MEXICO March 31, 2005 The Honorable Bill Richardson Governor of the State of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico The Honorable Rick Perry Governor of the State of Texas Austin, Texas The Honorable Bill Owens GovernmoftheStateofCmorado Denver, Colorado Honorable Governors: The 66th Annual Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was held in Santa Fe, New. Mexico on March 31, 2005. The Commission reviewed its prior reports and the current reports of the Secretary and the Engineer Advisers relative to streamflow at Compact gaging stations and storage in reservoirs in 2004. The Commission found that: (a) Deliveries of water at the Colorado-New Mexico state line by Colorado amounted to 226,200 acre-feet in 2004 and the scheduled delivery for the year was 221,800 acre-feet. (b) Deliveries of water into Elephant Butte Reservoir by New Mexico, as measured by the Elephant Butte Effective Supply, amounted to 407,000 acre-feet in 2004 and the scheduled delivery for the year was 371,500 acre-feet. (c) The actual release of usable water from Project Storage was 400,500 acre-feet. (d) New Mexico relinquished 53,000 acre-feet of credit water to Texas on March 1,2004. (e) Colorado relinquished 1,150 acre-feet of credit water to Texas on March 31, 2004. The Commission agreed to the accounting of accrued credits for 2004, as follows: (1) The Commissioners found that the accrued credit for deliveries by Colorado at the Colorado-New Mexico State Line was 4,400 acre-feet on January 1, 2005. (2) The Commissioners found that the accrued credit for deliveries by New Mexico at Elephant Butte Dam was 35,600 acre-feet on January 1,2005. (3) The Commissioners found that the accrued departure from normal release from Project Storage as of January 1, 2005 was a credit of 365,500 acre-feet.