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<br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
<br />ACTIVITIES
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<br />The Closed Basin Project is
<br />deslgnedtos,a1vagc and deliver
<br />more than 60,000 af annually to
<br />the Rio GrandE\
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<br />With Colorado's .\ccrued Com-
<br />pa_ct debit elil.'lunated, the
<br />Bureau is assessing WilysJOI
<br />local irrigators to utilize Platoro
<br />Reservoir and begin honoring
<br />their-repayment obligation.
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<br />The Bure'.'uimporn $anJuoln-
<br />Chamil (SjC) Pl'Oject water to
<br />keep 'Hen1n' Reservoir as full as
<br />'poSsible ,and 1:0 meet delivery
<br />obligations owed to l'Qntractors
<br />inthe Rio Grande basin.
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<br />Heron Heservoir may store only
<br />watef. imported from the San
<br />juan'Qasin, and the Bure:au
<br />must pass through the natural
<br />fJ6\'JsotWillow Creek.
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<br />BORS
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<br />T,he Dticem~r31 deadlin0 for
<br />S,jC:.delivel'ieshas onacase-by-
<br />.ca'sebasis been extended by the
<br />Bureau to'the eady spring in
<br />order 10 (>nhance fish sulVival,
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<br />Tnt! Bureau controls the gates at
<br />El Vado Dam and releases Wilter
<br />in accordanct' with requests of
<br />the Middle Rio Grande Conser.
<br />vandy District.
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<br />The 'Bureau releases watet nom .
<br />Nainbe Dam faT local needs in
<br />the Pojoa.que Unit Of the ~JC
<br />Prajed.
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<br />The projet'ts office: in AlbLiquer-
<br />que: ()veJ,'Sees Hweau activities
<br />tlorth onlephant Butte
<br />Reservoir. '
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<br />Up to 2;000 cfs, is diverted
<br />througldhe San Aca~ia l~
<br />flow channel in order to faciH-
<br />tatt' delivery'pi water to Irte~
<br />phant Butte Reservoir, ", U
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<br />BORIO
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<br />The Bureau is entitled to store:; .
<br />all fIowreaching Elephant But~
<br />to:meet delivery,Ihjuirerriehts
<br />ofdowl15tream users in south.
<br />ern New Mexico, Tex'as'and
<br />Mexico.
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<br />Releases from Elephaht Butte
<br />during the non~ifIi8:ationse<t-'
<br />son are recaptured in CabalJo
<br />Reservoir. .
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<br />VVat'cr: is released from Eleppant
<br />Butte .and CabilUoby the Bureau
<br />in acrordanct' with demands
<br />from contractors.
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<br />Th~ projects office fn EIPaso
<br />OvE>rstes Bureauactivitie$ in
<br />Elephant But~'Resetvoirsopth
<br />to f'OCt Quitman,~Thxas.
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<br />RIO GRANDE
<br />COMPACT REQUIREMENTS
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<br />; MeastiIiiineots'at Ol"lNortepnd
<br />, other h~adwatrtga8jog-s,i:atiol1~;'
<br />dete~ntiI\e:~olorado's anni:t~t
<br />\Va,ter deVvery~uire:mer.~;
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<br />Sta~DiViSion: ofWater:Re$ollRi
<br />office in A1amosa rrujnit?rs$atc'
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<br />COMPACT 3 lit
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<br />PlatOro Reservoir, as-~7pO$t~
<br />ComNct/reservoir';\lIuilt in~:.
<br />1951, is'\:onst~ained from storibg,,~
<br />water sl,tppliesfor eql?rado irri"
<br />galors d"Liring dry periods,and
<br />when Colorago has accrued a
<br />latgc\.water debit ~nde'r the,
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<br />Gag}ng#atlonnear.theCo1:O~
<br />ra~(}INe\VMexi9) bOrder'U'l,oOH'
<br />toTs Colorado's'compliance:with
<br />Compai:;t,del1v.iity'reqWrements~
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<br />CORPS OF ENGINEERS INVOLVEMENT
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<br />The {),5. Army Corps of
<br />Engineers reg:ula~s Abiquiu
<br />.Dam-mallow thest.orage of up
<br />toi200~OOOaf .of San Juan.Chama
<br />water',l)f AI~uquerque ,and other
<br />5JCcontractors.
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<br />\Vhen flow ilt the Otpl',ligaging..
<br />station drops below 1,500ds
<br />during the irrigation season, the
<br />Corps may not release fl??{}
<br />waters stored in Abiquiu and
<br />Cochiti reservoirs.
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<br />The, Corps captures:<.tnd hold,S
<br />S'<2 walWat Cochiti,Restili:"voir
<br />to maln,taili 1,20.0 ac~~ Qf watet':
<br />surface in thereser~ir for
<br />N~ationa~pl.uposes.'
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<br />CompactTeS:~jr'~'iSCoO"-
<br />s~raine,dftomStoring and
<br />releasingnaturaJ Rt9Chama
<br />~9Wsdui'1ng <try periods,afld
<br />when,lj~eW M~xic(l has ac~e~
<br />a large ':V~~r,d.ebiturlder the
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<br />Me.uurements?f Rio..Gratlde
<br />Opw:f1te,at qiOWigagirtg,sta.
<br />Hons establish New:Mexitds
<br />anImal delivety reqUirements
<br />l4ndertl1e Compact.
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<br />L)~~(MatElephant Blltte Pam '
<br />imdnittjr~(>V{'M.exicds compij-
<br />ance with Co~act pelivery
<br />.requirements;.
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<br />When ~,uerstored..in Elephant
<br />6u,tte Reservoir,drops:below
<br />4tlO,OOO',af"stprage of l1atural
<br />basin ffows iSJ?l'Ohibited in
<br />post:Compactresetvbirs(l,e.,
<br />'Platoro an~ El Vado),
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<br />COMPAC:r9 ,
<br />The COmp~ct(joesn'6i:provide
<br />fordel!very;o~any: w!ltl?r to
<br />Texa$ below theJn, Paso,region. '
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