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COSTTLLA CRfiEK COMPACT <br />September 30, 1944 <br />(Amended February 7, 1963) <br />Signatory States: Colorado and New Mexico <br />Colorado Commissioner: State Engineer <br />Major Purposes: <br />1. Equitabte division oE the waiers of Costilla Creek (Art. I) <br />2 Remove present and future causes of interatate controversy (Art. I) <br />3. Assure the most efficient utilization of watar (Art. I) <br />4. Provide for integrated operation of extisting and prospective irrigation faciiities in the two <br />states (Art.I) <br />5. Adjust conElicting jurisdictions of the two states ovtr irrigation works diverling and storing <br />water in one state for use in both states (Art. T) <br />6. Equaliu beneCts of water from Costitta Creek (Art. 1) <br />7. Place the bcneGcial application of water on an equal basis in both states (Art. I) <br />Salient Provisions: <br />1. Provides for the calculation of a safe yield prior to delivery of water each year. (Art. II) <br />2 Defines an irrigation season (May 16 - Sep 30) and a storage season (Oct 1- May 15). <br />(ArL u) <br />3. Establishes a duty of water of one cubic-foot per second for each 80 acres of land irrigateci. <br />- ---(Ar?: III) ._ <br />4. Involves the relinquishment of Colorado watec rights and the change of decreed amounts. <br />(Art. III) <br />5. Establishes schedules of delivery to each state based on water available. (Art. V) <br />6. Prohibits direct flow diversions during the storage season. (ArL V) <br />-98-