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Colorado and New Mexico. 7,580 sq mi (19,600 km 2) HUC1301: 1302 Rio Grande–Elephant Butte subregion: The Rio Grande Basin from the Colorado-New Mexico state line to and including Elephant Butte Reservoir, and including the North Plains, Jornada Del Muerto, and Plains of San Agustin closed basins. Colorado and New Mexico. 26,900 sq mi (70,000 ...
In addition to this, 1.5 million acre-feet per year (59 cubic meters per second) of Colorado River water is allocated to Mexico, pursuant to the treaty relating to the use of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed February 3, 1944, and its supplementary protocol signed November 14, 1944.
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District built El Vado Dam and the Angostura, Isleta and San Acacia diversion dams. Rehabilitation of these dams, and construction of the Cochiti Dam were undertaken by the Middle Rio Grande Project. [1] The San Juan–Chama Project brings water to the Rio Grande basin from the Colorado River Basin, building ...
Rio Grande: 2,078 km 2 802 mi 2: 1,471 km 2 568 mi 2: 70.8% North Fork Smoky Hill River: ... Colorado Division of Water Resources; Colorado Geological Survey.
The 1938 Rio Grande Compact provided for the creation of a compact commission, the creation of gaging stations along the river to ensure flow amounts by Colorado to New Mexico at the state line and by New Mexico to Elephant Butte Reservoir, the water once there would fall under the regulation of the Rio Grande Project which would guarantee ...
The Platte River, the Arkansas River, the Rio Grande River and the Colorado River all have their headwaters in Colorado. [2] Colorado's use of these waters has an effect on users downstream. Prior to the creation of the Territory of Colorado in 1861, few laws existed that pertained specifically to the issue of water rights in the area.
The Conservancy is a major recipient of water from the San Juan–Chama Project, a series of tunnels and diversions that take water from the drainage basin of the San Juan River – a tributary of the Colorado River – to supplement water resources in the Rio Grande watershed. 24% of the 3,755,307,600 cubic feet (106,338,470 m 3) annual supply ...
The largest reservoir entirely contained in Colorado is Blue Mesa Reservoir, with a capacity of 829,500 acre⋅ft (1.0 billion m 3). The total storage of the reservoirs on this list is 3,804,458 acre⋅ft (4.7 billion m 3), although not all is allocated for use by Colorado.