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

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RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT

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ARTICLE II

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The Commission shall cause to be maintained and oper-
ated a stream gaging station equipped with an automatic
water-stage recorder at each of the following points,
to -wit :

(a) On the Rio Grande near Del Norte above the prin-
cipal points of diversion to the San Luis Valley;
(b) On the Conejos River near Mogote;
(c) On the Los Pinos River near Ortiz;
(d) On the San Antonio River at Ortiz;
(e) On the Conejos River at its mouths near Los Sauses;
(f) On the Rio Grande near Lobatos;
(g) On the Rio Chama below El Vado Reservoir;
(h) On the Rio Grande at Otowi Bridge near San
Ildefonso;
(i) On the Rio Grande near San Acacia;
(j) On the Rio Grande at San Marcial;
(k) On the Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Reservoir;
(1) On the Rio Grande below Caballo Reservoir.

ARTICLE III

Similar gaging stations shall be maintained and oper-
ated below any other reservoir constructed after 1929, and
at such other points as may be necessary for the securing of
records required for the carrying out of the Compact; and
automatic water-stage recorders shall be maintained and
operated on each of the reservoirs mentioned, and on all
others constructed after 1929.

Such gaging stations shall be equipped, maintained, and
operated by the Commission directly or in cooperation with
an appropriate Federal or State agency, and the equipment,
method, and frequency of measurement at such stations shall
be such as to produce reliable records at all times.
(Note: See Resolution of Commission printed elsewhere in
this report.)

The obligation of Colorado to deliver water in the Rio
Grande at the COlorado-New Mexico State Line, measured at
or near LObatos, in each calendar year, shall be ten