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<br />yon Dam (two miles upstream from
<br />the Jemez River's confluence with the
<br />Rio Grande),
<br />
<br />Congress passed the Flood Control
<br />Act of 1948 which generally reflected
<br />the report recommendations. The
<br />Act, however, did not authorize con-
<br />struction of Chiflo Dam, Also, in 1955
<br />the proposed site for the Chamita
<br />Dam was moved 30 miles up the Rio
<br />Chama to Abiquiu and renamed
<br />accordingly.
<br />
<br />The Corps and Bureau began exten-
<br />sive work on the Middle Rio Grande
<br />Project in accordance with the direc-
<br />tive from Congress. The Bureau
<br />cleared sediment from the Rio
<br />Grande bed and channelized por-
<br />tions of the river. It also worked with
<br />the MRGCD to improve the District's
<br />drainage structures. Concurrently,
<br />the Corps initiated extensive levee
<br />construction, including 22 miles of
<br />levees to protect the Albuquerque
<br />area. An additional US miles of
<br />levees were built in the middle reach
<br />of the valley where flood control was
<br />deemed necessary.
<br />
<br />Jemez Canyon Dam was the first
<br />flood control darn built as part of the
<br />Middle Rio Grande Project. Com-
<br />pleted by the Corps in 1953, the dam
<br />stores summer floods and also traps
<br />sediment that would otherwise move
<br />downstream and clog the Rio Grande
<br />channel. The Jemez Reservoir has a
<br />storage capacity of 113,100 acre feet,
<br />flanked in one area by a 2,900 foot
<br />long levee in order to prevent back-
<br />water from inundating portions of
<br />the Santa Ana Pueblo,
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<br />Plans for constructing Abiquiu Dam
<br />commenced shortly after completion
<br />of Jemez Canyon Dam. Abiquiu Dam,
<br />which began flood control operations
<br />in 1963, rises 343 feet above the Rio
<br />Chama bed and extends 1,540 feet in
<br />length. 11 has a potential storage
<br />capacity of more than 1.2 million acre
<br />feet if fully utilized, This was the sec.
<br />ond dam constructed by the Corps as
<br />part of the Middle Rio Grande Pro.
<br />jeel, with the other two dams (Coehiti
<br />and Galisteo) authorized by Congress
<br />in the Flood Control Act of 1960.
<br />Authorization of these two dams fol~
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<br />y~ar/normay'ltacc~mulat_~ an'accrued CRBQIT,CJ:iltJNCj\ ~
<br />~a~r de~it great~rthan200~OOO af~'(See tiJhe illa,;<irnurh~mountofcredit.:that
<br />A~~l~ I fOI;_ definiti,ots of accr~;~d debif;; ~jther state ,rriay'daimifl:~,nyorieyearis
<br />; c~(hts, usa~1ew;~ter~'etc)'r:r?r.;than , ,15l\OOO'af.-(Art.VI) "'
<br />'200,000 af maybe underdebvered, how.',.. ~ '. , "
<br />'~ver, ifsuch w'ater is heldin New.Mexicah ANNUAL CR~DIT$~T $PILL"
<br />"'- ....". .,_.... ,',-, ,y,. .'\ .~-
<br />resetvon:$ constructed after 1929. (Ar~:VI.\,.t}Ioa~ual credits1uay ~edaimedin
<br />; C' '.--''''''', b ~L ." . :wea!Sh1w~ichthere;isana.:tualspiIlfrorh,
<br />, ,CllDRA Q *b811 IMIT ;5.. . ",is. td?l~pha'nt Butte, (Art VI)
<br />Colol:adoipg~nE!ralmay not under~eliver ~y,'" ,', ,": ,,_'"^
<br />i ,?y m6~,~,hanl00,OOO af ina~x, Oriey~az:"~,t~CCRYEl)'ER,~gI;r,AT:SPlt!;~,, . r;;~". *,
<br />i 110r rparltaccurnulat~ anaccrued water~ <:~cru~d credltsar~redu~ecl malla!11ount~
<br />~'clebitgrea'terthan thi~,amount,Jvlore _ 'equaltothatwhich is~ctuaUy sfliI1~d '
<br />1, thanlOO,pOO ~ zpaYbe unti~r4eliver~:d". fw~mEleph.mt Butte. (ArLVI)
<br />:;po'1eye.r,~:s~ch'wateris,~~ld in ,<;Cl}QradQEVAPORAiI'ON, ~
<br />~",reservOlrs,construded after 1937. (ArtYVI) ':",.. ." ....' .~''f.,. .,' .1f
<br />.', , ~};~ Evaporative loss ofstored'~reditS"a~ti'"
<br />''::,STdRAGR9F DEBIT,WATER .., debits must be calculated and taken into ~,.
<br />. . , . , account. (A,~~:VI)< i"J
<br />!~~~hs:tatej~[,requiredto stoFe "yater 'ft
<br />,j:e~uiv<\ienttoitS%crned d~bit!,t? the Q; ',; ';if; ",'.' '.'. *, ,~
<br />,ext~~t phys~al.lypossible,in rese~oirs ~ OTHER~VBSTANTIVE
<br />i e9nstructedaft~n~29(N~Mexico)pr 'il "ji'ROVISIOJ:.lS ~
<br />i t937 (Colorado)(ArL VI)""" '"
<br />i'" ." .... '. -"'~.' " iti '-SluRACEREsiRIcffONS (f
<br />'CALL FbRDaslT WATER; ~;'~"f.'f;! . 0:'.,. " .'.
<br />" '.....>....',,' ..,' ':~< 0' ','" ;"._ ':;')lj}9:,pefl~xal'flow~J;r',~a'y"b~;st~r;:dIV
<br />~,~~~;us~?le,'Y~t~:Ii) J~lep~~!lt Butt~ ~nd 'l'Pl>t~W~9 ~~se:V9it;!' '^'h:~?tQt~I~'s;ab~e
<br />\:,C;:~b&.lo r~selVOlrs ~s;l~;ss thfID 60()l}Qqaf, \fat,er:.inlil~phantButh~ andC:\b~ll~.
<br />;"ef()r~,Mat~~; ~~,.~,~4_.ifadditional w;~<er i~ ~servoifsi:~]~ss tha,t. 400,OOpaf,,'(J\~r~VIIj ..lifr
<br />\neeq~d'-iz\orderto r~lease?90'OOOa1:in': ~.;;. ~..,' .',.. .' Bl .
<br />~;~h~,toJl1in~~ld~onl,T&a~J)r ~~ttr~~i~o ~~WATERgUAUfY:':.." ;,:' l& .. . fi
<br />4 m~,?eroan~,the,~e:lease o(accrued:debit.. a;,,In o~clerfor:Color.1,d6 to take cre,dit"
<br />'j ~~te~~~~d inp:dS~:t929.'1'~~ervpir~.:. ~ N'i, '(,ffr 9~U~ry'ofq!?~.ec.l.~,~~i~~'1ai€r
<br />p(Art".x~m .~~, ~ ~! ~ I&~ ~ ~~:w?e~Jt~to~dlssoly~d.s9:hasl~vek
<br />i ,lUIE'bFOEBit WATER~ ~ ~~~~ea~~ R~~p~r' milli~m,
<br />;':,-,.", F'. . If.F.. ,,:'lj . .'" ~ ,S,o,di~l_o,~~:m$uch\V~aterml\,~t
<br />. J~\;?r,~er,~ora:statewhld.i:ts,sto~lng',. ~<:W\stituteless than 4$% of total
<br />~.."af~r~ed q~bit water.!o, gh:~rt an~_ ~se pOsitive ions.. (Art~II)
<br />,~J~9~W~teri,it ~~st receivethetin~ni~: ",;,~,~' ...., "',' ^ ..~~.....: ..!ij! . '_'. ~
<br />lib:o,l:fS_. "Wptoya1.o(the Com~issiori.A'l"}Y ~ ,~b~Thec()\~p~f~t rec<?Bniz~ ~ach Stat~S:~3
<br />;, ,suc~:water'~ivert~d and t1scd rrt,~s~,'b~:. ~i' right to' pitsJ~tt \~ ~,~: l!1}i~~d. States '
<br />lr~'pla~d?~;:'~do\>,qiti<?nya,tst.<?r~ge,~the,\,~a~li; ~ S~p~Fe,Courtif a~lJ,~her"~t~
<br />;.. estopporttinity. (AIt;YI) , -~;"', ~(hml~i$1~~Jh~quahtyof,Rlo
<br />. , . - '. ':1f.1 ~ Grande watertoits detriment.
<br />"', ',' ,~;. , ";'
<br />;;D~Bll'-~BbtJ~I0!'1.2 Ml".,,; ....~ ~ ~ ~f;- :,_~1!t,':'~): >$ ~
<br />If th~,$l,1moftl'vl ~ccrued debits 0.) C()~O- ~'JAANSMS~N IMPORTS
<br />~.rado and New'Mexkd exceed th~'<unfi1led \ ... '.'" ' .. 10 .... ",~, .,\
<br />), ", ....... . " , /.. .,' . 'T .~TQest~t~'haying}I:erightt6us~jlnported
<br />t:,cap~,dty, of.E'ephat:lt Bu~teand<::aba~,(>' ,~~fers~~n h~~,_~xclusive#ght.to:takeJ~
<br />~ .res~:ry:olrs,thenthe debits'lue r~~uced ~ cre,ditfor thewaterun,derthedeliv~ry\\
<br />~'et9Ff()~tiory~lly .ib~ ~qualt~e:uJ:lfille,p .1l~ S~.h.'"ed\l,,'les,6{.,tl{e 'Cbnlp~c. {{Al'll.'X)
<br />ls,apacjty,. (Art.VJ)Itfollow~that!Vheuthe .., . ,. . .~.
<br />r un{-jlleqcap~tit1b$c'Oin~s~er~ (~:.e~'~~~hen, :INOIAN'AND I~~RN>;;An?,~AL ?B~~,,9~TI<?:~~..'j
<br />: ','~~adWlI spiU of ':Isa,blew~~~r~Curs):the, Tl'te_c9mpa~(~t~t~~'thatit-in'no'w:~y.
<br />~ en*~::d~bit()f each,'stite,is E;lirninated::'ln~ affect~,!he 6pl,igaii~t\S()f the UnH'edStates
<br />i :f\dditiqnih9"annual d~bits,afe'c'~ll1P~t~d" owedt'O"M~iS?9;:,t?Ird~anti;i~,?"nQr
<br />: ina~ye~r in:v,.:hich: an,actuaI'spill-occurs', i:: does ifirilp<iii"the:rig1its' Of tribes: ' I!ii
<br />(AILVl) ", ~"" ~ '
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<br />l ANI'<l!AL DE~jTCElLl~G . ,'" ~ rnNOTES ABOUJ:. [,
<br />! Inari~6n,iyear,NewMe~icdrriay notbe' ~ THE COMPA~T' ill ~
<br />i-.ctta,T8ep,wit~adebit'inexce~sof}5~~oogar; ..., .. .,~ w
<br />~ ;'pI~'f<>t~-'gainsinits $tOrageups~reain'l:9f~ PJt~IBqiSToRAoE
<br />; .El~pha:vt Butte~~(Att.~VIr " . ~f\'\i~lel pffhe<XJmpiicrd~fi!1es "profed
<br />1 ~ :~~ stt?tage:"asElephant Butte Reservoir and,
<br />l" ~~ by imp1i~~tiofl, Ca~allo'Rese}:voir.Th~
<br />C~EDITS total initial~tOrageoft)i~se ,"servoirs, as
<br />trefl~cted in the_defini~ipn, wa$ 2~63:$,?60
<br />1'Whe~:NewM~!co and C61?rad6deP"7r a('I~ueto se4ihw~tationi,tot~ project
<br />j . ii,iOreYV<1ter tha~' is',reql1ifed un,~er the storagei$ now:. only,2,44L800 af (2, go,~QO
<br />~.~?Jn~a~t sc.h~,dule,:~t~~y'~'.~b1~t~,takef()r" EIep<ha~t'1}fitt,~;~3~;rloO: affor, Ca9~Uo).,. '
<br />. credit{ortheoverdelivery, purs~ant to Also, dlJ,iug theperi.odfro!llJune,t to ...,
<br />, thelollowit\g conditions:" Nz,;ember1;i;'lOo.qOO afpl t)i~Caballo
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