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PUBLIC LAW 88-198-DEC. 12, 1963
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(j) The term "(Dostilla Reservoir System" means and includes the Costilla Reservoir and the Cerro Oanal, the permits for the storage of water in Costilla Reservoir, the twenty-four and fiftytwo h-undredths (24,52) cubic feet per second of time of direct flow water rights transferred to the Cerro Canal, and the permits for the diversion of direct flow water by the Cerro Canal as adjusted herein to seventy-five and forty-eight hundredths (75.48) cubic feet per second of time. (k) The term "Costilla Resen^oir System Safe Yield" means that quantity of usable water made available each year by the Costilla Reservoir System. The safe yield represents the most beneficial operation of the Costilla Reservoir System through the use, first, of the total usable portion of the yield of the twenty-four and fifty-two hundredths (24.52) cubic feet per second of time of direct flow rights transferred to the Cerro Canal, second,,of the total usable portion of the yield of the direct flow Cerro Canal permits, and third, of that portion of the water stored in Costilla Reservoir required to complete such safe yield. (1) The term "Usable Capacity" is defined and means that capacity of Costilla Reservoir at the stage above which the State Engineer of New Mexico will not permit storage except for short periods of time, (m) The term "Temporary Storage" is defined and means the water permitted by the State Engineer of New Mexico to be stored in Costilla Reservoir for short periods of time above the Usable Capacity of that reservoir. (n) The term "Additional Storage Facilities" is defined and means storage capacity which may be provided in either State to impoimd waters of Costilla Creek and its tributaries in addition to the nominal capacity of Costilla Reservoir and the Costilla Creek complement of the Eastdale Reservoir No. 1 capacity. (o) The term "Duty of Water" is defined as the rate in cubic feet per second of time at which water may be diverted at the headgate to irrigate a specified acreage of land during the period of maximum requirement. (p) The term "Surplus Water" is defined and means water which cannot be stored in operating reservoirs during the Storage Season or water during the Irrigation Season which cannot be stored in operating reservoirs and which is in excess of the aggregate direct flow rights and permits recognized by this compact. (q) The term ' i r r i g a t i o n Season" is defined and means that period of each calendar year from May 16 to September 30, inclusive. (r) The term "Storage Season" is defined and means that period of time extending from October 1 of one year to May 15 of the succeeding year, inclusive. (s) The term "Points of Interstate Delivery" means and includes (1) th,e Acequia Madre where it crosses the Boundary; (2) The Costilla Creek where it crosses the Boundary; (3) the Cerro Canal where it rea^ihes the Boundary; and (4) any other interstate canals which might be constructed with the approval of the Commission at the point or points where they cross the Boundary. (t) The term "Water Company" means The San Luis Power and Water Company, a Colorado corporation, or its successor. (u) The word "Commission" means the Costilla Creek Compact Commission created by Article VIII of this compact for the administration thereof.
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