53 STAT.]
76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 155 -MAY 31, 1939
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.
ARTICLE III.
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 thousand acre feet less than the
sum of those quantities set forth in the two following tabulations of
relationship, which correspond to the quantities at the upper index
stations:
DISCHARGE OF CONEJOS RIVER
Quantities in Thousands of Acre Feet
Conejos Index
Conejos River
Conejos Index
Conejos River
Supply (1)
at Mouths (2)
Supply (1)
at Mouths (2)
100
0
450
232
150
20
500
278
200
45
550
326
250
75
600
376
300
109
650
426
350
147
700
476
400
188
Intermediate quantities shall be computed by proportional parts.
(1) Conejos Index Supply is the natural flow of Conejos River at
the U. S . G . S . gaging station near Mogote during the calendar year,
plus the natural flow of Los Pinos River at the U. S . G. S. gaging
station near Ortiz and the natural flow of San Antonio River at the
U. S. G. S . gaging station at Ortiz, both during the months of April
to October, inclusive.
(2) Conejos River at Mouths is the combined discharge of branches
of this river at the U. S . G. S . gaging stations near Los Sauces during
the calendar year.
DISCHARGE OF RIO GRANDE EXCLUSIVE OF CONEJOS RIVER
Quantities in Thousands of Acre Feet
Rio Grande at Lobatos
Rio Grande at Lo
Rio Grande at Del
less Conejos at
Rio Orande at Del
less Conejos
Norte (3)
Mouths (4)
Norte (3)
Mouths (41
200
60
750
229
250
65
800
257
300
75
850
292
350
86
900
335
400
98
950
380
450
112
1000
430
500
127
1100
540
550
144
1200
640
600
162
1300
740
650
182
1400
840
700
204
Intermediate quantities shall be computed by proportional parts.
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(3) Rio Grande at Del Norte is the recorded flow of the Rio Grande
at the U. S. G. S . gaging station near Del Norte during the calendar
year (measured above all principal points of diversion to San Luis
Valley) corrected for the operation of reservoirs constructed after
1937.
(4) Rio Grande at Lobatos less Conejos at Mouths is the total flow
oftheRioGrande attheU.S.G.S.
ngaing
stations near Lobatos, less
the discharge of Conejos River at its Mouths, during the Calendar
year.
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