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<br />DE WATER'SUPPLIES D8RING DRY YEARS
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<br />OTHER FEDERAL
<br />PROGRAMS
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<br />FED 1
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<br />The Soil Con~ervati6n Service;;
<br />U.S. PepartmentofAgriculturc,
<br />undertakes snow pack mea$uI#"
<br />IT\ents t9' assist in tl1e'prediction
<br />ohpring runoff. ' ,
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<br />FED 2
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<br />Officials of th~ Buteau ofIndian
<br />Affairs help ensw:e that suffi.
<br />cient,water:js stQred in E1~d()
<br />'Reservoir to ,serVe Jheirrigation
<br />needs of six downst::ream
<br />I'ueblos. with "prior,and para~:
<br />mount" wat~_qights. "
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<br />STATE PROGRAMS AND LAWS
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<br />STATE I,
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<br />lhetocal. Division Engineer,
<br />Colorado Division of Water
<br />Resourc~s, adminiSters diver-
<br />sions from the Rio Grande <:md
<br />its tributaries in al'Cotdam~e
<br />with intra,state water rights and
<br />interstate Compact pbligatlons.
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<br />STATE 2 ,
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<br />A wafi:lrmastel~ jointly spon~
<br />sored by Colorado and New
<br />Mexico, administers water use
<br />on Costilla Creek in accordance
<br />with. the Costilla 'Compact,
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<br />STATE 3
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<br />Officials of New M~lcds Inler.
<br />state Stream CommissiOIl assist
<br />San Jtian~Cl'ama cOntractors in
<br />tneh' annual reque~t for delivery
<br />of water entitlements from the
<br />BureaubfRedamation.
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<br />STATE 4
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<br />InoroN to protect historic irri-
<br />gation along the RioChama, the
<br />New Mexico State Engineer pro-
<br />hibits stora~ of natural flow!; at
<br />EIVado Reservoir if flow drops
<br />belowlOOds downriver of Abi-
<br />quiu Reservoir.
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<br />WATER USER
<br />ENTITLEMENTS AND ACTIONS
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<br />'iO$ER;i II
<br />'pive'hlshco~l1trydikhes'" ."
<br />import:upJo:p,OOOafryrtro}Tl'j
<br />tll~CotoradoRiv~tbaSin:into rI'
<br />the SaT. Luis Valley.; ,
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<br />Privat~'.reserv~bqUt after thc'"
<br />tUrn of the cen~urystorespring,
<br />runofftosupplemenf~re.1903 '"
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<br />Albuqu~"~queand o~her c(lptraC"
<br />tors reqtiestdeJivery of their
<br />water entitleiitimts from the San
<br />J uan ~Chama'P:roie,ct.~
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<br />Mill
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<br />.the Interstate Stream Commis- :ffj
<br />smn helpscakulate transmis.."
<br />sion losses (resulting froniseep-
<br />age and evaporation) of San
<br />Juan-Chama water between
<br />Heron Reservoir and its final
<br />delivE'ry point,
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<br />STATE 6
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<br />A watermaste~ under the difec;:
<br />lion of the-New Mexico State
<br />Engineer. regulates'headgates
<br />along the Rio Ola.ma primarily
<br />to ensure that Sari Juan-Chama
<br />deliveries are not~l,egally
<br />diverted. lit "
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<br />5L'.TE 7
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<br />The New MexlcoNatural
<br />Resoun:esDepartment :agre~d
<br />withJhe City of Albuquerque to
<br />create a 50,000 af recreation
<br />pool, established by q(>,ngress,
<br />af ElephanteButte Reservoir:
<br />Though lost in the 1985 spill,
<br />the pool willbere-esfubllshed.
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<br />i\narigV:tnentsbetween\ya:ter %1
<br />;~ usersandtiverraftets:resu,lt~
<br />,weekendsl,lmw,eu:eleases In'
<br />excess ofnattl~al, flows fromE!
<br />~ Vado to .ei'lhatite,recreation~in
<br />theRio'Cham:a~'. .~
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<br />lndian irrigator$ and non;,
<br />Indianmembets .of the local dis-
<br />trict receive water frOITI th~1
<br />'pojoaqueUnit Of the.SanJua~~
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<br />USER 6,
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<br />The Bureau ofRedil.miition
<br />~; 'rewases' wat~:tfToMNllDll:m
<br />pam to' ~nsuretharan o,s,qs \:
<br />flow is maintained over falls
<br />s'ac.red t~:IndiMreligioI1and
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<br />~The fnternationqI'Boundilryand
<br />Water Commission regulates
<br />water diVersion,S dO","'t\Iiver of
<br />;Elephant Biltte to ensure that
<br />water de:1ivery obligations owed,
<br />to Mexico are met;
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<br />'\loirilJnt the'SaittaFe>R,iverlP'
<br />ferve;19C~littigato/S and:munl-
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<br />#.:rhe',Middl(l RiOGiandeCo,n~ero<
<br />~ancyl?:i~trictdivert.s irrigati~I'l; :'
<br />suppjiesat.four:major.diveision,
<br />points/indepen~en\of~te
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<br />Private .use":taptute spring ,
<br />: ,1\inofi at Bluewate~ RCj)ervOir J!!l
<br />,and u!i1ii.e it:for Wal needs.
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<br />The Elephant Buttelrr.igalion
<br />DiJ>lfi~ ofNewMexi~ contracts
<br />with the Buteau o(RecJamation
<br />for the.deliveryof irrigation
<br />waterhp to.91,OOO aCret;:'
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<br />El Paso C()u:nty Water Improve-',
<br />;ment Dist~ictNo.':l'(EPCWIO)
<br />contracts with Ih~ BureauJQr'
<br />~ater from Elephant 13utte to"
<br />irrigate up to 69jJOO,ac:rcs.
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<br />;the El Paso Public Service . "'
<br />BoardtitiliZes several thousarid~
<br />aUyrcl Rio Grande diversions'
<br />;rrflkm\1Jlidpalsuppliesas a
<br />:r~su(t onts pUrc141se an4Jease
<br />of agticult~iallands within the
<br />,EPCWlD boundaries:
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<br />The HlldspethCQuntyConser-,
<br />""ation and'Reclant:ttion pistrit;,t
<br />-c(,)ntracts ,viththe BureilU for
<br />r~tundlowsarid surpluswater
<br />oligiilating(rom. Elepha:r!t Butte
<br />Rest'!rVoir.
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