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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RIO 0IUNIlE COIIPACT

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The state of' Colorado, the state Of' N..... !.lexioo, and the state
Of' Texas, desiring to rlllllove all oauses of' present and f'uture oon-
troversy among these states and between oithens Of' one of' these
states and citizens of' another state with respect to the use of'
the waters Of' ths Rio Grande above Fort Q.ui tman, Texas, and being
moved by considerations of' interstate oomity, and f'or the purpose
01' etteoting an equitable apportionment 01' suoh waters,-have resolved
to oonolude a COIIlpact f'or the attainment of' these purposes, and to
that end, through their respeotive Governors, ha..... named as thsir
respective Commissioners.

For the state of Colorado - M. C. Hinderlider

For the state of' New lIexico - Thomas M. !lIoClure

Fcr the state 01' Texas - Frank B. Clayton

who, after negotiaticns partioipated in by S. o. Harper, appointed
by the President as the representative 01' the United states 01'
~rioa. have agreed upon the following artioles, to-wit.

ARTICLE I.

(a) The state of' Colorado, the State 01' New 1Iexico, the State
of Texas, end the United States of' America, . are hereinafter desig-
nated 'Colorado,' .N..... lIexico,' "Texas,' and the 'United States,"
respeotively.

(b) 'The Commission' means the agency created by this Compaot
tor the administration thereof. .

(c) The term 'Rio' Grande Basin" means all of' the territory
drained by the Rio Grande and its tributaries in ColoradO, in New
Mexioo, and in Texas above Fort Quit:nan, inoluding the Cl08lld Basin
in Colorado.

(d) The "Clo.ed Basin' means that part of' the Rio Grande
Basin in Colorado where the etreams drain into the San Luis Lakee
and adjacent territory, and do not normally contribute to the f'low
of' .the Rio Grande.

(e) The tel'lll "tributary' means any stream which naturally
contributes to the flow of' the Rio Grende.

(t) 'Transmounta.in Diversion' is water imported into the
drainage basin 01' the Rio Grande !'rom any stream system outside 01'
the Rio Grande Basin, exolusive 01' the Closed Basin.

(g) "Annual Debits' are the amounts by whioh aotual deliveries
in any calendar year f'all below scheduled deliveries.

(h) "Annual Credits" are the amounts by which aotual deliver-
ies in any. oalendar year exceed soheduled deliveries.

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(i) "Aocrued Debits" are the amounts 11'; which the SUlll 01' all
annual debits exoeeds the sum 01' all annual credit. over any common
period 01' time.