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<br />'j <br /> <br />:', <br /> <br />-" <br />-, <br />c:, <br />.~~ <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />1a <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> Page <br />1. INTRODUCTION 1 <br /> BACKGROUND 1 <br /> STUDY AREA . . . . 3 <br /> SUBAREA DELINEATIONS 5 <br />2. PRESENT WATER RESOURCES CONDITIONS 8 <br /> STREAMFLOWS 8 <br /> Colorado 8 <br /> New Mexico 8 <br /> Texas . . . 16 <br /> RESERVOIRS , . 18 <br /> IMPORTS/EXPORTS 22 <br /> GROUND WATER 23 <br /> Colorado 26 <br /> New Mexico 28 <br /> Texas . . 32 <br /> WATER QUALITY . 35 <br /> Surface Water 35 <br /> Ground Water 48 <br />3. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES 51 <br /> COLORADO WATER LAW 52 <br /> Surface Water . . 52 <br /> Ground Water . . 53 <br /> NEW MEXICO WATER LAW 54 <br /> Surface Water 54 <br /> Ground Water 55 <br /> TEXAS WATER LAW . . 57 <br /> Surface Water 57 <br /> Ground Water 58 <br /> INTERSTATE COMPACTS 58 <br /> Rio Grande Compact 58 <br /> Pecos River Compact . . . 59 <br /> FEDERAL RESERVE AND INDIAN WATER RIGHTS 60 <br /> INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS . . . . . . . 60 <br /> Rio Grande Convention of 1906 60 <br /> Rio Grande Ratification Convention of 1933 . . 60 <br /> Rio Grande, Colorado, and Tiajuana Treaty of 1944 61 <br />4. WATER UTILIZATION 62 <br /> USES AND APPLICATIONS 62 <br /> PRESENT USAGE 63 <br /> PROJECTED USAGE . . 66 <br /> <br />.-:i <br /> <br />;/j <br /> <br />! G <br /> <br />0'J~1~O <br />