WSP03326

• File Number: 8583
• Description: Rio Grande Decision Support System
• State: CO
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 3/9/1998
• Title: 1997 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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EI Paso Field Division Planning Studies and Interaction with New Mexico _
Texas Water Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 22
Aquifer Storage and Recovery ............................... 22
Delivery of Surface Water on a Year Round Basis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22
Rio Grande/Rio Bravo International Basin Assessment ............ 22
Franklin Mountains Storage Sites Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23
Rio Grande Project Agronomy Study .......................... 23
New Mexico-Texas Water Commission's EI-Paso-Las Cruces Regional
Sustainable Water Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23
Wildlife Studies - Bald Eagles ..................................... 23

OTHER RECLAMATION PROGRAMS ................................... 24
Water Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24
Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects ............................. 24
Drought Relief ................................................. 25
Upper Rio Grande Water Operations Model .......................... 26
Upper Rio Grande Basin Water Operations Review .................... 26
Water Management Strategy for the Middle Rio Grande Valley -
White Paper Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27
Native American Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29

PHOTOGRAPHS

New Channel Alignment at Elephant Butte ........................... 30
Bank Protection at Isleta Diversion Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31

TABLES

Table 1 - San Luis Valley Project-Closed Basin Division-Water Accounting. .. 32
Table 2 - Diversions through Azotea Tunnel ..................... . . . " 33
Table 3 - San Juan-Chama Water Deliveries from Heron Reservoir. . . . . . .. 34
Table 4 - Monthly Water Storage-SJ-C Project-Heron Reservoir .......... 35
Table 5 - San Juan-Chama Water at Otowi-San Juan-Chama Project ...... 36
Table 6 - Monthly Water Storage SJ-C Project-Nambe Falls Reservoir ..... 37
Table 7 - Reservoir Storage Adjusted Sediment Deposition in SJ-C Pools . " 38
Table 8 - Reservoir Operation for EI Vado Dam ....................... 39
Table 9 - Reservoir Operation for Abiquiu Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40