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<br />SECRriT ARY
<br />RIO GR"'ND' COMPACT COMMISSION
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<br />His Excellency, Dan Thornton
<br />Governor of the State of Colorado
<br />Denver, Colorado
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<br />February 26, 1952
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<br />His Excellency, Edwin L. Mechem
<br />Governor of the State of New Mexico
<br />Santa Fe, New Mexico
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<br />His Excellency, Allan Shivers
<br />Governor of the State of Texas
<br />Austin, Texas
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<br />Sirs:
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<br />The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission
<br />was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 25, and 26, 1952.
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<br />During this meeting the Commission reviewed the records of stream
<br />flow, precipitation, evaporation, storage in reservoirs, and other data
<br />having a bearing on administration of Rio Grande Compact and found that:
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<br />(a) The obligation of Colorado to deliver water during the calendar
<br />year 1951 in the Rio Grande at Lobatos near the Colorado-New Mexico
<br />State Line waS 93,000 acre feet. The quantity actually delivered was
<br />74,300 acre feet. At the beginning of 1951, Colorado had an accrued
<br />credit of 25,000 acre feet which was reduced by 5,400 acre feet
<br />because of evaporation losses. The accrued credit of Colorado thus
<br />became 900 acre feet on December 31, 1951.
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<br />(b) The obligation of New Mexico to deliver water during the calendar
<br />year 1951 into Elephant Butte Reservoir was 204,200 acre feet,
<br />measured by the Elephant Butte Effective Supply. The quantity actually
<br />delivered was 135,500 acre feet. The accrued debit of New Mexico at
<br />the beginning of the year was 263,100 acre feet. The accrued debit of
<br />New Mexico th~s became 331,800 acre feet on December 31, 1951, which
<br />debit was 131,200 acre feet in excess of the accrued debit permitted
<br />by the Compact.
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<br />(c) The release of usable water from Project Storage was only 470,900
<br />acre feet during the calendar year 1951 as compared to the normal
<br />release of 790,000 acre feet. After required adjustments for
<br />evaporation losses, the accrued under-release of usable water became
<br />362,300 acre feet on December 31, 1951.
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