WSP05143

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1994
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1994
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT

Such gaging stations shall be equipped, maintained and operated by the Commis"
sion directly or in cooperation with an appropriate Federal or State agency, and the equip-
ment, method and frequency of measurement at such stations shall be such as to produce
reliable records at all times. (Note: See Resolution of Commission printed elsewhere in this
report.)

ARTICLE III

The obligation of Colorado to deliver water in the Rio Grande at the Colorado-New
Mexico State Line, measured at or near Lobatos, in each calendar year, shall be ten thou"
sand acre feet less than the sum of those quantities set forth in the two following tabulations
of relationship, which correspond to the quantities at the upper index stations:

DISCHARGE OF CONEJOS RIVER
Quantities in thousands of acre feet

Conejos Index Supply (1)

100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
650
700

Conejos River at Mouths (2)

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20
45
75
109
147
188
232
278
326
376
426
476

Intermediate quantities shall be computed by proportional parts.

(1) Conejos Index Supply is the natural flow of Conejos River at the U.S.G.S. gag"
ing station near Mogote during the calendar year, plus the naturalllow of Los Pinos River at
the U.S.G.S. gaging station near Ortiz and the natural flow of San Antonio River at the
U.S.G.S. gaging station at Ortiz, both during the months of April to October, inclusive.

(2) Conejos River at Mouths is the combined discharge of branches of this river at
the U.S.G.S. gaging stations near Los Sauces during the calendar year.

DISCHARGE OF RIO GRANDE EXCLUSIVE OF CONEJOS RIVER
Quantities in thousands of acre feet

Rio Grande at Lobatos less
Conejos at Mouths (4)

Rio Grande at Del Norte (3)

200
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
600

60
65
75
86
98
112
127
144
162

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