WSP05616

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1997
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1997
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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(2) The New Mexico and Texas Commissioners found that the accrued credit for deliveries by
New Mexico at Elephant Butte Dam for 1997 was 105,500 acre-feet on January 1,1998. The
Colorado Commissioner found that the accrued credit for 1997 was 43,300 acre-feet on January I,
1998.

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As shown above, the Compact Commissioners were not able to reach agreement on the issue of
whether spi II occurred in 1996 and therefore the accounting of the debits and credits for 1997
reflect two different positions, The Commissioners for New Mexico and Texas have taken the
position that spill did not Occur in 1996 and therefore show accrued credits for New Mexico and
Colorado to begin 1997, The Commissioner for Colorado has taken the position that spill did Occur
in 1996 and New Mexico and Colorado had a balance of zero to begin 1997.

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The Compact Commissioners agreed with the Engineer Advisers report that any flood control in
Elephant Butte Reservoir can only be maintained at a level above the total physical capacity of
Elephant Butte Reservoir at the spillway crest, 2,065,000 acre-feet, pursuant to the latest area-
capacity survey.

The Commission reviewed the cost of operation and found that the expenses of the administration
of the Rio Grande Compact were $146,610 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. The United
States bore $49,842 of this total; the balance of$96,768 was borne equally by the three States party
to the Compact

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Harold D. Simpson, CommIssioner for Colorado

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