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<br />~ RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION
<br />C~) COLORADO TEXAS NEW MEXICO
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<br />March 22, 2001
<br />
<br />The Honorable Bill Owens
<br />Governor of the State of Colorado
<br />Denver, Colorado
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<br />The Honorable Gary Johnson
<br />Governor of the State of New Mexico
<br />Santa Fe, New Mexico
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<br />The Honorable Rick Perry
<br />Governor of the State of Texas
<br />Austin, Texas
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<br />Honorable Governors:
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<br />The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was held in Alamosa,
<br />Colorado, on March 22, 2001.
<br />
<br />The Commission reviewed its prior reports and the current reports of the Secretary and the
<br />Engineer Advisers relative to streamflow at Compact gaging stations and storage in reservoirs in
<br />2000. The Commission found that:
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<br />(a) Deliveries of water at the Colorado-New Mexico state line by Colorado amounted to 124,200
<br />acre- feet in 2000 and the scheduled delivery for the year was 112,800 acre-feet.
<br />(b) Deliveries of water into Elephant Butte Reservoir by New Mexico, as measured by the
<br />Elephant Butte Effective Supply, amounted to 353,600 acre-feet in 2000 and the scheduled
<br />delivery for the year was 233,300 acre-feet.
<br />(c) The actual release of usable water from Project Storage was 752,400 acre-feet.
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<br />The Commission agreed to the accounting of accrued credits for 2000, as follows:
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<br />( I) The Commissioners found that the accrued credit for deliveries by Colorado at the
<br />Colorado-New Mexico State Line was 27,000 acre-feet on January 1,2001.
<br />(2) The Commissioners found that the accrued credit for deliveries by New Mexico at Elephant
<br />Butte Dam was 270,800 acre-feet on January 1,2001.
<br />(3) The Commissioners found that the accrued departure from normal release from Project
<br />Storage as of January 1,2001 was a credit of75,900 acre-feet.
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<br />The Commission reviewed the cost of operation and found that the expenses of the administration
<br />of the Rio Grande Compact were $161,838 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. The United
<br />States bore $53,984 of this total; the balance of$107,854 was borne equally by the three States
<br />party to the Compact.
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