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<br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT (cont.) <br /> <br />5. Delivery credits and debits shall be computed on the basis of each calendar year, and Colorado's <br />annual or accrued debit shall not exceed 100,000 acre-feet except as either or both may be <br />caused by holdover storage in reservoirs constructed after 1937. (Art. VI) <br /> <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 /> <br />7. In any year in which actual spill occurs, accrued credits are reduced in proportion to the amount <br />of credit held by Colorado and New Mexico, and in any year in which there is actual spill of <br />usable water, all accrued debits are canceled. (Art. VI) . <br /> <br />8. In any year that accrued debits exceed the minimum unfilled capacity of project storage, such <br />debits shall be reduced proportionally to an aggregate amount equa\ to the minimum unfilled <br />capacity. (Art. VI) <br /> <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 storage. (Art. VIi) <br /> <br />10. During January of any year, the Commissioner for Texas or 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 /> <br />II. Review of nonsubstantive changes in the Compact can be considered every fifth year. (Art. <br />XIII) . <br /> <br />12. The schedules of delivery in the Compact shall never be changed as a result of an increase or <br />diminution in the delivery of water to Mexico. (Art. XIV) <br /> <br />9 <br />