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350,000 acre-feet from Mexico (Rio Grande) to the U.S. 300,000 acre-feet from the U.S. (Colorado River) to Mexico. Drought can be accommodated by lower deliveries that should be made up within the 5-year accounting "cycle" [3] (the concept was updated via Minute 234 in 1969 [5]). A declaration of an "extraordinary drought" allows for rolling ...
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 ...
San Pedro River, or Rio San Pedro (Chihuahua) [2] Francisco I. Madero Dam and Francisco I. Madero Reservoir (Chihuahua) [2] Rio Santa Isabel (Chiahuahua) Florido River, or Rio Florido (Chihuahua and Durango) Parral River, or Rio Parral (Chihuahua and Durango) Lago Colina Dam and Lake Colina (Chihuahua) [2] La Boquilla Dam and Toronto Lake ...
The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact allots 62,780 acre-feet (77,440,000 m 3) of water from the upper Colorado River basin per year to municipalities in New Mexico. Albuquerque owns 48,200 acre-feet (59,500,000 m 3), about three-quarters of the total amount. The water is delivered to the Rio Grande via the San Juan–Chama Project.
East of the Continental Divide, surface waters flow to the Gulf of Mexico, either via the Rio Grande or via one of several rivers (the South Platte River, the North Platte River, the Republican River, the Arkansas River, the Cimarron River, or the Canadian River) which eventually feed the Mississippi River along the way.
The treaty stipulates that Mexico must deliver water to the lower Rio Grande Valley in five-year cycles at a minimum annual average of 350,000 acre-feet of water “except in the event of ...
Deckers is an unincorporated community along the South Platte River in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. Stephen Decker built a general store here in the 1890s. Stephen Decker built a general store here in the 1890s.
The state of Colorado is a headwater state, which means that many rivers in the western and midwestern United States originate in Colorado. 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.