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<br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION
<br />COLORADO TEXAS NEW MEXICO
<br />
<br />March 26. 1998
<br />
<br />The Honorable Roy Romer
<br />Governor of the State of Colorado
<br />Denver, Colorado
<br />
<br />The Honorable Gary Johnson
<br />Governor of the State of New Mexico
<br />Santa Fe. New Mexico
<br />
<br />The Honorable George Bush, Jr.
<br />Governor of the State of Texas
<br />Austin, Texas
<br />
<br />Honorable Governors:
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<br />The 59th Annual Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was held in Alamosa,
<br />Colorado, on March 26,1998,
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<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 />1997, The Commission agreed that:
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<br />(a) Deliveries of water at the Colorado-New Mexico state line by Colorado amounted to 567,000
<br />acre-feet in 1997 and the scheduled delivery for the year was 566,300 acre-feet
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<br />(b) Deliveries of water into Elephant Butte Reservoir. as measured by the Elephant Butte Effective
<br />Supply, amounted to 969,300 acre-feet in 1997 and the scheduled delivery forthe year was 926,000
<br />acre- feet
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<br />(c) The actual release of Rio Grande Project usable water was 799,900 acre-feet
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<br />Because the Commission could not agree in 1996 on the amount of Project Storage available for
<br />the storage of usable water due to the status of flood reservation storage capacity in Elephant Butte
<br />Reservoir, which affects the computation of spill, the following determinations reflect each State's
<br />current position on accrued credits:
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<br />(I) The New Mexico and Texas Commissioners found that the accrued credit for deliveries by
<br />Colorado at the Colorado-New Mexico State Line for 1997 was 2.900 acre-feet on January 1, 1998.
<br />The Colorado Commissioner found that the accrued credit for 1997 was 700 acre-feet on January
<br />I, 1998,
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