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<br />..': <br /> <br />m <br />'.f.) <br />c;'j <br />,"j <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY <br /> <br />,,~~'.J <br /> <br />',,:> The year 1941 was an abnormally wet year on the <br />Rio Grande watershed. At some Compact gaging stations <br />the discharge was more than any previously recorded dis- <br />charge. At no previous time has there been so much water <br />in project storage on December 31st, and only once (1935, <br />the first year of storage) has EI Vado reservoir had more <br />water in storage on this date. <br /> <br />ACCURACY OF RECORDS <br /> <br />The rules and regulations ,of the Compact Commis- <br />sion state that the equipment, method and frequency of <br />measurements at each gaging station shall be sufficient to <br />obtain records at least equal in accuracy to those classified <br />as "good" by the U. S. GeologiCal Survey. Within the <br />physical limitations of stream gaging the agencies obtain- <br />ing records at Compact gaging stations have complied with <br />these regulations. <br /> <br />The station description includes a statement in regard <br />to the general accuracy of the records. "Excellent" indi- <br />cates that, in general, the daily records are accurate within <br />5 percent; "good", within 10 percent; "fair", within 15 <br />percent; and "poor", within 20 or a higher percent. These <br />standards of accuracy are the same as those followed by <br />the Geological Survey. <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />Water supply data contained in the following pages <br />of this report have been supplied by Federal and State <br />agencies, and by several individuals. The office of the <br />State Engineer of Colorado furnished records of the dis- <br />charge of the Rio Grande near Del Norte, Rio Grande near' <br />Lobatos, Conejos River near Mogote, Conejos River near <br />Las Sauses, San Antonio River at Ortiz, and Los Pinos <br />River near Ortiz. Records of storage in Troutvale No.2 <br />reservoIr, Squaw Lake reservoir, and Fuchs reservoir were <br />supplied by D. H. Mathias, Special Deputy State Engineer <br />at Monte Vista, Colorado, with the cooperation of the own- <br />ers, Earl Brown, Craton Sanderson, and Fred Fuchs, re- <br />spectively. The United States GeologiCal Survey in coop- <br />eration with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commis- <br />sion furnished records of the discharge of the Rio Grande <br />at Otowi Bridge near San I1defonso, Rio Grande at San <br />Acacia, and Rio Cham a below EI Vado Dam near Tierra <br />Amadlla. The Geological Survey in cooperation with the <br />New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission also furnished <br />records of storage in Carson reservoir, EI Vado reservoir <br /> <br />25 <br />