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 05/31/2025
22.3% of U.S. Total Conservation Capacity
6.7% of Mex. Total Conservation Capacity
Amistad Dam
Water Surface Elevation Feet Meters
Top of Normal Conservation 1,117.00 340.462
  @05/31/2025 1,048.88 319.700
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 05/31/2025
Country Million
Cubic Meters
Thousand
Acre-Feet
Requested
Releases
CMS
Requested
Releases
CFS
United States 642.273 520.696 15.0 530.0
Mexico 135.816 110.107 3.00 106.0
Total Storage 778.089 630.803 18.0 636.0
% of US Capacity @ Normal Cons. 28.71%
Inflows, Releases, and Losses for week of 05/25-05/31
U.S. Inflows (cms) 23.8 Total Inflows 37.3
U.S. Releases (cms) 15.8 Total Releases 19.0
U.S. Losses (cms) 4.88 Total Losses 5.98
Falcon Dam
Water Surface Elevation feet meters
Top of Normal Conservation 301.20 91.805
  @05/31/2025 254.22 77.485
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 05/31/2025
Country Million
Cubic Meters
Thousand
Acre-Feet
Requested
Releases
CMS
Requested
Releases
CFS
United States 287.773 233.300 10.0 353.0
Mexico 71.614 58.058 7.00 247.0
Total Storage 359.387 291.358 17.0 600.0
*Values may not sum due to round-off error
% of US Capacity @ Normal Cons. 14.93%
Inflows, Releases, and Losses for week of 05/25-05/31
U.S. Inflows (cms) 16.8 Total Inflows 22.4
U.S. Releases (cms) 13.3 Total Releases 20.3
U.S. Losses (cms) 4.39 Total Losses 5.50
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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U.S. Section - Water Accounting Division
e-mail: WA-Data@ibwc.gov
Last Updated 06/04/2025