§277d–15 Integration of Operation of Dam with Other United States Water Conservation Activities

Summary

If a dam is built under the earlier approved agreement, its operation must be coordinated with other U.S. water conservation work on the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas so the United States gets as much water as reasonably possible for useful purposes. Releases of the U.S. share for household, city, industrial, and irrigation uses must be made by the proper Texas authorities. Texas has promised that water available below Falcon Dam after the new dam starts will be at least as much as now. To keep that promise, the dam’s storage must be used, and the Texas authorities alone are responsible for distributing the U.S. share of the river to meet the promise.