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<"-' '-'0 -"" '_'-''-'/, " . ~o ~.'/: "A-C;;)<_:::~~~:'-)':.;:::'~<'.._;:'~::";_: '," 0 RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION \,,;1 f.:> NEW MEXICO \.~) COLORADO TEXAS c:.~ June 15, 1993 .-....j \~.." The Honorable Bruce King Governor of the State of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico The Honorable Ann Richards Governor of the Slate of Texas Austin, Texas The Honorable Roy Romer Govemor of the Slate of Colorado Denver, Colorado Honorable Governors: The 54th Annual Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on March 25, 1993. The Commission reviewed its prior reports and the current reports of the Secretary relative to streamflow at Co"1>8c:t gaging stations and storage in reservoirs for 1992. The Commission found that: (a) Deliveries of water at the Colorado-New Mexico state line by Colorado amounted to 240,600 acre-feet in 1992 and the scheduled delivery for the year was 190,700 acre-feet. The accrued credit of Colorado was 70,900 acre-feet on January 1,1993. The increase in storage in 1992 in reservoirs in Colorado constructed after 1937 aggregated 5,000 acre-feet. (b) Deliveries of water into 8ephant Butte Reservoir, as measured by the 8ephant Butte Effective Supply, amounted to 795,500 acre-feet in 1992 and the scheduled delivery for the year was 679,300 acre-feet. The accrued credit of New Mexico was 165,700 acre-feet on January 1,1993. Water stored in reservoirs in New Mexico above San Marcial tolalled 2,300 acre-feet on December 31, 1992. The decrease in storage in 1992 in reservoirs in New Mexico above San Marcial constructed after 1929 aggregated 17,600 acre-feet. (c) Releases of usable water in 1992 from Project Storage amounted to 735,500 acre-feet The 72nd Special Meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 15, 1993, The Commission reviewed the budget and found that the expenses of the administration of the Rio Grande Compact were $118,145 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992. The United Slates bore $39,000 of :his total; the balance of $79,145 was borne equally by the three Slates rty to the Compact, ( Mexico \.;;::0 Jilek H mmond, Commissioner for Texas. / Harold D, Simpson, Commission... In. ('~ln~"~ d~I~~~~~t' ,0 '0. }~l~ -'w""'._;~.r"}$l',.,..".. ~~~;f~~~~~~ ':\'''~-';~':{!'~~:~'J_;'~~ I