WSP07107

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1944
• Title: Sixth Annual Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1944
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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WATER SUPPLY

The year 1944, in many respects, approached the average.
Precipitation at msny weather stations in the Rio Grande Basin
was somswhat above the a....rage while at othsrs precipitation was
slightly below the avsrage. This and other faotors contribute to
the approach to normal experienced at many of the stream gaging
stations.

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Aoouracy of Records

The Rules and Regulations of the Canmission state that the
equipment, method and frequency of ~easurements at each gaging
station shall be sufficient to obtain records at least equal in
accuracy to those classified as "good" by the U. S. Geological Sur-
vey. Within the physical limitations of stream gaging the agencies
obtaining records at Compact gaging stations have complied with these
regulations.

Each station description includes a statement in regard to the
general aocuracy of the reonrds. "Excellent" indicates that. in gener-
al, the daily reoords are acourate within ,6 per oent, "good", within
10 per centJ "fair",. within 15 per cent; "poor!t,. 16 or greater per
cent. These standards of accuracy are the same as those followed by
the U. S. Geo1cgica1 Survey.

Acknowledgements

Water supply data contain~d in the following page s of this
report have been supplied by Federal and State agencies. and by
several individuals.

The office of the State Engineer of Colorado furnished reoords
--of -discharge for the following:

Rio Grande near Del Horte, Colorado.
Rio Grande near Lobatos,. Colorado.
Conejos River near Mogote, Colorado.
Ccnejos River near Los Sauces, Colorado.
San Antonio River at Oritz. Colorado.
Los Pinos River near Ortiz, Colorado.

Records of storage 1n Troutva1e Reservoir No, 2, Squaw Lake
and Fuchs Reservoir were supplied by the Colorado Special Deputy
State Engineer at Yonte Vista, Colorado with the cooperation of the
respective owners vi~. Earl Brown, Craton Sanderson and Fred Fuchs.

Reccrds cf 'lranemountain Diversion were supplied by the Colorado
Special Deputy State Engineer at 1I0nte Vista, Colorado wit!> the cooper-
ation of the owners vi.. Craton Sanderson, the Underwood Estate, George
and Harley FUchs, Leon Raber and Frank Lohr.

The U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Nell' Menco
Interstate Streams Commission furnished the following records.

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