The International Boundary & Water Commission, United States Section
Updated Rio Grande National Ownership of Waters Stored At The International Amistad and Falcon Dams
Determination of ownership in the reservoirs is made weekly for the accounting period ending on each Saturday at midnight. Field data collections, exchange of data between the U.S and Mexico, and computation of national ownerships are usually completed by Thursday afternoon or Friday morning of the following week. Data are PRELIMINARY and subject to REVISION.
Estimated ownership @ 2400 hours on 12/14/2024
20.2% of U.S. Total Conservation Capacity
12.5% of Mex. Total Conservation Capacity
Amistad Dam
Water Surface Elevation		Feet	Meters
Top of Normal Conservation		1,117.00	340.462
	@12/14/2024	1,051.12	320.380
Conservation Storages
Country	Million Cubic Meters	Thousand Acre-Feet
United States	2,236.814	1,813.404
Mexico	1,743.282	1,413.294
Total Conservation*	3,980.096	3,226.698
*Values may not sum due to round-off error
Ownership and Releases @ 2400 hours on 12/14/2024
Country	Million Cubic Meters	Thousand Acre-Feet	Requested Releases CMS	Requested Releases CFS
United States	592.137	480.051	15.0	530.0
Mexico	234.368	190.004	3.00	106.0
Total Storage	826.505	670.055	18.0	636.0
% of US Capacity @ Normal Cons.	26.47%
Inflows, Releases, and Losses for week of 12/08-12/14
U.S. Inflows (cms)	16.7	Total Inflows	22.1
U.S. Releases (cms)	15.8	Total Releases	19.2
U.S. Losses (cms)	2.10	Total Losses	2.93
Falcon Dam
Water Surface Elevation		feet	meters
Top of Normal Conservation		301.20	91.805
	@12/14/2024	255.94	78.010
Conservation Storages	Normal Conservation
Country	Million Cubic Meters	Thousand Acre-Feet
United States	1,927.193	1,562.392
Mexico	1,361.533	1,103.806
Total Conservation*	3,288.726	2,666.198
*Values may not sum due to round-off error
Ownership and Releases @ 2400 hours on 12/14/2024
Country	Million Cubic Meters	Thousand Acre-Feet	Requested Releases CMS	Requested Releases CFS
United States	250.176	202.820	2.00	70.6
Mexico	153.656	124.570	1.00	35.3
Total Storage	403.832	327.390	3.00	106.0
*Values may not sum due to round-off error
% of US Capacity @ Normal Cons.	12.98%
Inflows, Releases, and Losses for week of 12/08-12/14
U.S. Inflows (cms)	16.1	Total Inflows	19.3
U.S. Releases (cms)	2.80	Total Releases	4.20
U.S. Losses (cms)	1.44	Total Losses	2.33
Note: All dam measurements based on elevation above mean sea level.
Rio Grande Flow and Reservoir Storage Conditions (Updated daily Monday through Friday)
1996-Present Amistad-Falcon Ownership Trends
For further information concerning the content of this page contact:
Mr. William D. Finn
Chief, Water Accounting Division
e-mail: william.finn@ibwc.gov
(915) 832-4789
Last Updated 12/18/2024