WSP05317

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1962
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1962
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS

Twenty-fourth Annual Report to Governors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rio Grande Compact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resolution of the Commission ..................................

Rules and Regulations ...........................................
Records of Deliveries and Releases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deliveries by Colorado at State line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deliveries by New Mexico at Elephant Butte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R1ease and Spill from Project Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cost of Operation and Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Water-Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accuracy of Records ..........................................
Acknowledgements ............................................
Stream flow ..................................................
Rio Grande near Del Norte, Colo..............................
Conejos River below P1atoro Reservoir, Colo. ..............,..
Conejos River near Mogote, Co10..............................
San Antonio River at Ortiz, Colo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Los Pinos River near Ortiz, Colo. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conejos River near La Sauses, Colo...........................
Rio Grande near Lobatos, Colo. ..............................
Rio Chama below E1 Vado Dam, N. Mex........................
Rio Grande at Otowi Bridge, near

San Ildefonso, N. Mex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Santa Fe River near Santa Fe, N. Mex.........................
Jemez River below Jemez Canyon Dam, N. Mex. . . .. . . .. . .. .. . .
Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam, N. Mex. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rio Grande below Caballo Dam, N. Mex..................... ... .
Bonito ditch below Caballo Dam, N. Mex.......................

Storage in Reservoirs ...........................................
Transmountain Diversions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Evaporation and Precipitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Errata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ILLUSTRATIONS

Map, Rio Grande Basin above Ft. Quitman, Tex. . . . . Frontispiece
Map, Rio Grande Basin above Bernalillo, N. Mex.................. 50

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