WSP08307

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1961
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1961
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

~~-

,,,-,._,,. -

,-:,:..~<-.-,- ','-"

0'>
~) 26
(Pj
C:;J
o

RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT
RECORDS OF DELIVERIES AND RELEASES

At the Annual Meeting of the Compact Commission in
February of each year, the records of deliveries and re-
leases for the year just ended are examined and the com-
putations of debits and credits based thereon are re-
viewed and adopted, The records and computations for
1961 as adopted by the Commission are reprOduced on the
next three pages.

The delivery of water in the Rio Grande at the
Colorado-New Mexico state line was obtained from records
of stream flow adjusted in accordance with the provisions
of Article III of the Compact: the obligation of
Colorado to deliver water at the state line was com-
puted as prescribed in Article III. Item C5, the
Reduction of Debits prescribed in Article VI, was com-
puted in accordance with the Rules and Regulations.

The delivery of water by New Mexico to Project
Storage was computed from actual stream flow record and
record of operation of Elephant Butte Reservoir and was
adjusted as prescribed in Article IV of the Compact;
the scheduled delivery was computed as prescribed in the
Resolution of the Commission adopted at the Tenth
Annual Meeting, and published in this Report. Item NM4,
Reduction of Debits by Evaporation, is in accordance
with the provisions of the third and the last paragraphs
of Article VI of the Compact.

The actual release from Project Storage during the
year was measured at stations below Caballo Dam: the
adjustments, items P4, P5 and P6, are in accordance with
tDe Rules and Regulations as amended June 2, 1959,