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<br />;.;. '~ot~:: '):.;~:~~~-~.';:~~;~/!~b_ ~'L:~tA;;~1:i~:~~~:{.i:rf~1t~~~ <br />fP>~' ~_{i!~", .I:{,.., <br />~~i~L';1 <br />f-:;" ~ _' ,,_ .". <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I;~'&:<',-~. .:! ,,~,"; ~,'~:~/~,> <br /> <br />i~ <br /> <br />"-,.",,-' <br /> <br />. '::,-'.'; :i:.::',';;:~,~, .-:<'. ," 1:':;' . <br /> <br />.,,', <br />;';,; <br /> <br />~.,~ <br /> <br />o <br />..~ <br />r.;n <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />:j <br />"~ <br />~.' <br />;~ <br /> <br />, ~! <br /> <br />\,:::~. <br />'....') <br /> <br />The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, and the State of Texas, desiring <br />to remove all causes of present and future controversy among these States and between <br />citizens of one of these States and citizens of another State with respect to the use of the <br />waters of the Rio Grande above Fort Quitman, Texas, and being moved by considerations of <br />interstate comity, and for the purpose of effecting an' equitable apportionment of such <br />waters, have resolved to conclude a Compact for the attainment of these purposes, and to <br />that end, through their respective Governors, have named as their respective Commission- <br />ers: <br /> <br />For the State of Colorado M. C. Hinderlider <br />For the State of New Mexico Thomas M. McClure <br />For the State of Texas Frank B. Clayton <br /> <br />who, after negotiations participated in by S. O. Harper, appointed by the President as the <br />representative of the United States of America, have agreed upon the following articles, to- <br />wit: <br /> <br />ARTICLE I <br /> <br />(a) The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, the State of Texas, and the <br />United States of America, are hereinafter designated "Colorado," "New Mexico," "Texas," <br />and the "United States:' respectively. <br /> <br />(b) ''The Commission" means the agency created by this Compact for the adminis- <br />tration thereof. . <br /> <br />(c) The term "Rio Grande Basin" means all of the territory drained by the Rio <br />Grande and its tributaries in Colorado, in New Mexico, and in Texas above Fort Quitman, <br />inCluding the Closed Basin in Colorado. <br /> <br />(d) The "Closed Basin" means that part of the Rio Grande Basin in Colorado where <br />the streams drain into the San Luis Lakes and adjacent territory, and do not normally con- <br />tribute to the flow of the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />(e) The term '1ributary" means any stream which naturally contributes to the flow of <br />the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />(f) "Transmountain Diversion" is water imported into the drainage basin of the Rio <br />Grande from any stream system outside of the Rio Grande Basin, exclusive of the Closed <br />Basin. <br /> <br />(g) "Annual Debits" are the amounts by which actual deliveries in any calendar <br />year fall below scheduled deliveries. . <br /> <br />(h) "Annual Credits" are the amounts by which actual deliveries in any calendar <br />year exceed scheduled deliveries. <br /> <br />(i) "Accrued Debits" are the amounts by which the sum of all annual debits exceeds <br />the sum of all annual credits over any common period of time. <br /> <br />(j) "Accrued Credits" are the amounts by which the sum of all annual credits <br />exceeds the sum of all annual debits over any common period of time. <br /> <br />(k) "Project Storage" is the combined capaCity of Elephant Butte Reservoir and all <br />other reservoirs actually avaifab/e for the storage of usable water below ElephantButte and <br />above the first diversion to lands of the Rio Grande Project, but not more than a total of <br />2,638,860 acre feet. <br />