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,'-,~ :r o .J .-1 ~"~ ( .:' \.."",,,,,, ..... --~ atter 1929 in lI1ew Ilexico at anY' time of the year of the natural runoff at Otowi Bridge, (c) depletion of the runoff during JulY', Auguet and September of tributari.. between Otowi Bridge and San Marcial bY' works constructed atter 1937, and (d) any- trans- mountain divera10ne into the Rio Grande between Lobatos and San Ilaroial. Concurrent reoords shall be kept of the flow of the Rio Grande at San Ilaroial, near San Acaoia, and of the release trClll Elephant Butte Reservoir to the end that the records at these three. stetions may be correlated. ARrICIE VI. If at any time it should be the unanimous finding and de- termination of the Commission that because of changed physical oonditions, cr for any other reason, reUable records are not obtainable. or cllDDot be obtained, at any of the stream gaging stations herein referred to, suoh stations may, with the unani- 'mous approval of the Commission, be abandoned, and with suoh approval another station, or other stations, shall be establish- ed and new measurements shall be substituted whioh, in the unani- mous opinion of the COllUllhsion, will result in substantially the Sllllle results, so far as the rights and obligations to deliver water are ooncerned, ae would have existed it such substitution of stations and measurements had not been so made, ARTICLE VI. Commencing with the year following the effective date of thi. Compact, all credits and debits of Colorado and New lIlexico shall be oomputed for each oalendar year J provided, that in a year of actual spill no llDDual oredits nor annual debits shall be oomputed for that year . , .-i ~.' -, In the case of Colorado, nO ~ual debit nor accrued debit shall exoeed 100,000 acre feet, exoept as either or both maY' be caused by holdover storage of water in reservoirs oonstructed atter 1937 in the drainage basin of the Rio Grande above Lobatos. Withbo thephysioal limitations of storage capaoity in suoh reser- voir., Colorado shall retain water in storage at all times to the extent of ita aocrued debit, ',." ','} :"! '":'1 In the case of New lIlexico, the aoorued debit shall not exceed 200,000 aore feet st any time, exoept as suoh debit maY' be oaused by holdover storage of water in reservoirs oonstructed atter 1929 in the drainage basin of the Rio Grande between Lobatosand San Marcial. Within the physioal limitations of storaga capacity in euch reservoirs, New Mexioo shall retain water in storage at all times to the extent of its acorued debit. In oomputing the magni- tude of accrued oredits or debits, New Mexico ehall not be oharged wi th any greater debit in anyone year than the eum of 150,000 acre feet and' all gains in the quantity of water in storage in suoh year. The Commission by unanimous aotion may authorize the relea.. from storage of any- amount of water which is then being held in atcrage by reason of aocrued debits of Colorado or New MexicoJ provided, that euoh water shall be replaced at the first oppor- tunity thereafter.