WSP03394

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1964
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1964
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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February 18, 1965

His Excellency, Jack M. Campbell
Governor of the State of New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico

His Excellency, John B. Connally
Governor of the State of Texas
Austin, Texas

His Excellency, John A. Love
Governor of the State of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Sirs:

The 26th Annual Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was held in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 18,1965.

The Commission reviewed the reports of the Secretary relative to stream flow
at Compact gaging stations and storage in reservoirs. The Commission found that:

(a) Theactual delivery of water by Colorado at Lobatos in 1964 was 57,600
acre-feet, which was 43 per cent of the scheduled delivery. The
accrued debit of Colorado was 810,800 acre-feet as of December 31, 1964.

(b) The actual delivery of water by New Mexico, measUred by the Elephant Butte
Effective Supply, was 158,700 acre-feet in 1964, which was 71 per cent of
the scheduled delivery. The accrued debit of New Mexico was 417,700
acre-feet as of December 31, 1964.

(c) Releases of usable water from Project Storage amounted to 207,100 acre-
feet in 1964, which was 26 per cent of the normal release defined by the
Compact. The accrued departure from normal releases was an under-
release of 2,086,200 acre-feet as of December 31,1964. The total
quantity of water in Project storage was 98,400 acre-feet on that date.

Expenses of administration of the Rio Grande Compact were $31,384 during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1964; of which $14,650 was borne by the United States and
the balance of $16,734 was borne equally by the three states party to the Compact.

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