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RIO GRANDE COMPACT (cont.) <br />Delivery credits and debits shall be computed on the basis of each calendar year, and <br />Colorado's annual or accrued debit shall not exceed 100,000 acre-feet except as either <br />or both may be caused by holdover storage in reservoirs constructed after 1937. <br />(Art. VI) <br />6. Colorado shall retain, insofar as possible, water in storage at all times to the extent of <br />her accrued debit. (Art. VI) <br />7. In any year in which actual spill occurs, accrued credits are reduced in proportion to <br />the amount of credit held by Colorado and New Mexico, and both states do not have <br />a delivery obligation. In any year in which there is actual spill of usable water, all <br />accrued debits are canceled. (Art. VI) <br />8. In any year that accrued debits exceed the minimum unfilled capacity of project <br />storage, such debits shall be reduced proportionally to an aggregate amount equal to <br />the minimum unfilled capacity. (Art. VI) <br />9. No increase in storage in reservoirs constructed after 1929 is permitted whenever <br />there is less than 400,000 acre-feet of usable water in project storage. (Art. VII) <br />10. During January of any year, the Commissioner for Texas or New Mexico may <br />demand the release of water from reservoirs constructed after 1929 to the amount of <br />the accrued debit of Colorado and/or New Mexico. (Art. VIII) <br />11. Review of nonsubstantive changes in the Compact can be considered every fifth year. <br />(Art. XIII) <br />12. The schedules of delivery in the Compact shall never be changed as a result of an <br />increase or diminution in the delivery of water to Mexico. (Art. XIV) <br />