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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Since the construction of Fuchs Dam and Reservoir was not <br /> <br />completed until after March 18, 193B, the date of the signing of the <br /> <br />Rio Grande River Compact, the operation of Fuchs Reservoir falls under <br /> <br />the agreements contained in the compact, as administered by the State <br /> <br />Engineer's Office (SED). <br /> <br />In recent years, the owners of Fuchs Reservoir have been meeting <br /> <br />the release requirements of the Rio Grande River Compact by buying <br /> <br />t ransbas i n exchange water. The transbas in water exchange began in <br />1965 and each year the exchange agreements were made they were <br />approved by the Rio Grande River Compact Commissioners. The following <br /> <br />summarizes the annual purchases of transbasin water presenting the <br /> <br />amount purchased and from whom for the year listed: <br /> <br /> Vol.Purchased <br />Year (acre-feet ) Pu rcha sed From Notes <br />1965 196 Falk Brothers - Treasure <br /> Pass Di vers i on Ditch <br />1967 Released 175 acre-feet of <br /> water purchased in 1965 - <br /> 21 acre-feet held over until <br /> 1978 <br />1978 216 Douglas O'Bannon - Pine <br /> RiverDitch <br />1979 26B* Douglas O'Bannon - Pine Used 6B acre-feet of 26B <br /> River Ditch <br />1980 75* Douglas O'Bannon - Pine <br /> River Ditch <br />19B1 345* Bill Buttman - Pi ne Ri ver & <br /> Weminuche Pass Ditch <br />19B2 191* Bi 11 Buttman - Pine River & <br /> Weminuche Pass Ditch <br />* Includes 10 percent for transportation losses. <br /> <br />- 111-2 - <br />