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1l'2..&,3 3 . . 5 8. Imperial Valle.\, is not protected a:;ainst excessi ve run-offs from the r.;~exican callals into Salton Sea. A. Because uf the limited ainount of water allocated to I,;exico unDer 1. h8 1. reaty, 1. here is no sufficient reason to believe that run-off from l.!exican canals will be excessive, and certainl:{ whatever danger exists ....YOuld not be inc rea sed. but wOllle. probably be ,iirninished as a !'e5ult of the treate,r. The :'ecorcJs indicate tc,at the Imperial L,,.igation Listrict has been dischareing from 350,000 to 1,000,000 acre feet aunually into the Salton Sea, the average 8.:!lount since 1931 beinF." more than 750,000 acre feet per year. (See T2.ble II attached). This ?,verage "mount is "Pl',roximately half of the amount of v'C1ter that will be diverted by liexico into the ;'lama '::anal unclel' the terms of the proposed treaty. It is :lncDnceivable that the L~ex:lcan wastage from this luantity wo,lld af'.ywhere approach the amount disch;,.rJ';ed lutu the Salton ~;ea by the Imperial Irr:lt;ation District. <). There is no provisio!1 for" reiillbursing the hlperial District for eXJ-ienditures un v;orks used by liexico. A. The only works not specifically ceverljU by provlslons on reimbursement ace those built by the Irnperial iJistrict in If,exJ.co under ~!ieyican concession but primarily for the benefit of the District. Any claim the Distcict. may have against Jkx1co fo!' the cost 0 f these viarks is not e nla!'2'ed or uee ("eased as a result 0 f the treaty. ~ 10. The treaty, at th~ very least, snuuld have made the allocation in excess of 75J,008 acre feet junior to C~lifo,.nia' s contl'actual t'1gl1ts. A. f!o treaty c,"uld be made vlith illJ.\' such provision, and tht:l rapid increase of ~1e}.'.ican develop'TIents makes a:l eaply settlement not only advisable bllt urgent. This is a tI'eaty between nations in w>ich ne1ther nation c()IJ16 reasonably be expected to be bounej by 1. he internal arrange:'lents of the other. Thepe is no rcore peason why L!exico 's H.llocatioYl ShOllld be made junior to C-3.1ifo!'"nia' 5 contI~C1ctual rir~hts than there is for j!laking ~.lexico' s a 1l0cAtion ,junior to all uses in the IJnited States i:l .3.11 of t.he Basin .states. :.IoV'lev~r, the '~olo.rado r:iver ':';oJIJpact it.self macie peovision -for the clelivc::ry of .~.ater to :;/exico, to be suppli~ll D'.It of sUI'l-'lus ~ with t.b~:: balance, if anf, t.o be [.1..:.....0(; 1l~) e{1ua11y by the Upper Clr:!U Lm'Jer Easin~.