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<br />(V') <br /> <br /> <br />~o! <br /> <br />0;;........ <br /> <br />\..::' <br />.. ., <br />'-~." <br /> <br />COL.OR.ADO <br />M.. c. l-IINDERLID"1 <br />Uol.TC It-lGINnA <br />lIC1>IYU, COLO. <br /> <br />TEXAS <br />LOUIS A. SCOTT <br /> <br />FIRST "lAT'LB,l.NIt IlDG.. <br /> <br />U PASO, nus <br /> <br />Rio Grande ~ompaetCoDllllissioD <br /> <br />NEV MglCO <br />JOl-lN 1-1. BLISS <br />STATI IiNGI"''''' <br />!;",NTA FIi. NIiV M'XICO <br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />B"RKELU JOI-lNSON, CHAlft.llU.toI <br />POST OFFICii BOX 271 <br />S4NTA H. tUV ......'.,CO <br /> <br />SI<CRETARY <br />, 1110 GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION <br />POST OHler BOX 117 <br />SANTJ. n, I'll" /l',lilClCO <br /> <br />February 24, 1951 <br /> <br />His Excellency, Allan Shivers <br />Governor 'of the State of Texas, <br />Austin, Texas, <br /> <br />His Excellency, Dan Thornton, <br />Governor of the State of Colorado, <br />Denver, Colorado. <br /> <br />His Excellency, Edwin L. Mechem, <br />Governor of the State of New Mexico, <br />Santa Fe, New Mexico~ <br /> <br />Sirs: <br /> <br />The Twelfth Annual Meeting'of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was <br />held in Santa Fe, New Mexi.co, on February 23 and 24, 1951, <br /> <br />During this meeting the Commission reviewed previous computations of <br />evaporation losses from reservoirs and reviewed the records of stream flow <br />during 1950 at all Compact Index Stations and found that: <br /> <br />(a) The accrued credit of Colorado on December 31, 1949 was actually <br />141,700 acre feet, <br /> <br />(b) The accrued debit of New Mexico on December 31, 1949 was actually <br />281,900 acre feet. <br /> <br />(c) The accrued overdraft on Project Storage on December 31, 1949 <br />was actually 4,100 acre feet. <br /> <br />(d) During the calendar year 1950 the amount of water delivered by <br />Colorado was 36,700 acre feet less than the scheduled quantity <br />and Colorado relinquished 60,000 acre feet of credit water to <br />relieve the shortage of water in New Mexico and Texaao After <br />required adjustments for evaporation losses, Colorado had an <br />accrued credit of 25,000 acre feet on December 31, 1950. <br /> <br />(e) During the calendar year 1950, the amount of water delivered by <br />New Mexico was 16,600 acre feet in excess of the quantity scheduled. <br />After required adjustments for evaporation losses, New Mexico had <br />an accrued debit of 263,100 acre feet on December 31, 1950, The <br />