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<br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT
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<br />, ;, In any year In which the aggregate of accrued debits of Colorado and New Mexico
<br />(. -' exceeds the minimum unfilled capacity of project storage, such debits shall be reduced pro-
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<br />portlonally to an aggregate amount equal to such minimum unfilled capacity.
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<br />To the extent that accrued credlls are Impounded In reservoirs between San Mar-
<br />cial and Courchesne, and to th,e extent that accrued debits are Impounded in reservoirs
<br />above San Marcial, such credits and debits shall be reduced annually to compensate for
<br />evaporation losses in the proportion that such credits or debits bore to the t01a1 amount of
<br />water In such reservoirs during the year.
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<br />ARTICLE VII
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<br />Neither Colorado nor New Mexico shall Increase the amount of water in storage In
<br />reservoirs constructed after 1929 whenever there Is less than 400,000 acre feet of usable
<br />waler In project storage; provided, Ihat If the actual releases of usable water from the begin-
<br />ning of the calendar year following the effective date of this Compact. or from the beginning
<br />of the calendar year following actual spill, have aggregated more than an average of
<br />790,000 acre feet per annum, the time at which such minimum Slage Is reached shall be
<br />adjusted to compensate for the difference between the total actual release and releases al
<br />such average rate; provided. further, that Colorado, or New Mexico, or both. may relinquish
<br />accrued credits at any lime, and Texas may accept such relinquished water, and In such
<br />event the stale, or states, so relinquishing shall be entitled to store water In the amount of
<br />the water so relinquished.
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<br />ARTICLE VIII
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<br />During the month of January of any year the Commissioner for Texas may demand
<br />of Colorado and NeW Mexico, and the Commissioner for New Mexico may demand of, Colo-
<br />rado, the release of water from storage reservoirs constructed after 1929 to the amount of
<br />the accrued deblls of Colorado and New Mexico, respectively. and such releases shall be
<br />made by each althe greatest rate practicable under the conditions then prevailing. and In
<br />proportion to the total debit of each, and In amounls, limited by their accrued debits. suffi-
<br />cient to bring the quantity of usable water In project storage to 600,000 acre feel by March
<br />first and to malnlaln this quantlly In storage until April thirtieth, to the end that a normal
<br />release of 790,000 acre feet may be made from project storage In that year.
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<br />ARTICLE IX
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<br />Colorado agrees with New Mexico that In event the United Slales or the State of
<br />New Mexico decides to construct the necessary works for diverting the waters of the San
<br />Juan River, or any of Its trlbularles, Into the Rio Grande, Colorado hereby consents to the
<br />construction of said works and the diversion of waters from the San Juan River, or the trlbu-
<br />Iarles thereof, Into the Rio Grande in New Mexico, provided the present and prospective
<br />uses of water In Colorado by other diversions from the San Juan River, or Its tributaries. are
<br />prolected.
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<br />ARTICLE X
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<br />In the event water from another drainage basin shall be imported Into the Rio
<br />Grande Basin by the United States or Colorado or New Mexico, or any of them jointly, Ihe
<br />Slate having the right to the use of such water shall be given proper credit therefor In the
<br />application of the schedules.
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<br />ARTICLE XI
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<br />New Mexico and Texas agree that upon the effective date of this Compact all
<br />conlroversies between said States relative to the quantity or quality of the water of the Rio
<br />Grande are composed and settled; however, nothing herein shall be Interpreted to prevent
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