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 08/16/2025
25.3% of U.S. Total Conservation Capacity
8.4% of Mex. Total Conservation Capacity
Amistad Dam
Water Surface Elevation		Feet	Meters
Top of Normal Conservation		1,117.00	340.462
	@08/16/2025	1,056.02	321.875
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 08/16/2025
Country	Million Cubic Meters	Thousand Acre-Feet	Requested Releases CMS	Requested Releases CFS
United States	752.735	610.249	15.0	530.0
Mexico	190.017	154.048	3.00	106.0
Total Storage	942.752	764.297	18.0	636.0
% of US Capacity @ Normal Cons.	33.65%
Inflows, Releases, and Losses for week of 08/10-08/16
U.S. Inflows (cms)	17.5	Total Inflows	24.6
U.S. Releases (cms)	15.9	Total Releases	19.2
U.S. Losses (cms)	9.63	Total Losses	12.1
Falcon Dam
Water Surface Elevation		feet	meters
Top of Normal Conservation		301.20	91.805
	@08/16/2025	254.59	77.600
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 08/16/2025
Country	Million Cubic Meters	Thousand Acre-Feet	Requested Releases CMS	Requested Releases CFS
United States	298.775	242.219	2.00	70.6
Mexico	70.257	56.958	9.00	318.0
Total Storage	369.032	299.177	11.0	389.0
*Values may not sum due to round-off error
% of US Capacity @ Normal Cons.	15.50%
Inflows, Releases, and Losses for week of 08/10-08/16
U.S. Inflows (cms)	12.7	Total Inflows	14.3
U.S. Releases (cms)	16.5	Total Releases	26.4
U.S. Losses (cms)	6.04	Total Losses	7.50
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
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Last Updated 08/22/2025