New Mexico Interstate Stream Compacts

There are nine Interstate Stream Compacts of which New Mexico is a party that affect the amount of water available for use in the state in certain stream systems.

• Costilla Creek Compact of September 30, 1944*; (pdf document)
• Amended Costilla Creek Compact of February 7, 1963*; (pdf document)
• Animas La Plata Project Compact of 1969; (pdf document)
• Canadian River Compact of December 6, 1950; (pdf document)
• Colorado River Compact of November 24, 1922; (pdf document)
• La Plata River Compact of November 27, 1922; (pdf document)
• Pecos River Compact of December 3, 1948; (pdf document)
• Rio Grande Compact of March 18, 1938; (pdf document)
• Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of October 11, 1948; (pdf document)

* The provisions, terms, conditions, and obligations of the Costilla Creek Compact executed on September 30, 1944, continue in full force and effect except as changed by the Amended Costilla Creek Compact of 1963.