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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 9 - <br /> <br />d) Modification of Yuma West Main Canal. In compliance with recommendation <br />No.7 of Minute No. 218, the Bureau awarded a contract with the Arrow <br />Construction Company of Yuma on October 26, 1970, to complete within <br />180 days: 1) relocation of the Cooper Canal Wasteway to discharge into <br />the Colorado River above Morelos Dam and 2) modification of the down- <br />stream reach of the Yuma West Main Canal so thJV:flfe~l'waters now wasted <br />to the river at the l1-mile and 21-mile wasteways will be discharged <br />into the outlet channel of the Boundary pumping plant and thus delivered <br />to Mexico. This will remove questions as to the availability to Mexico <br />of such waters, which are charged as a part of the guaranteed treaty <br />deliveries to Mexico. <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />Flood Control Project, Gila River, below Painted Rock. In FY 1970, the <br />Corps of Engineers received $774,000 of budgeted funds for pre-construction <br />planning for the flood control project for the lower Gila River. An addi- <br />tiona appropriation in 1970 in the amount of $1,715,000 was made available <br />an July 1, 1970 far construction planning. The Congress appropriated <br />$1,000,000 in FY 1971 for initiation of construction and real estate acqui- <br />sition, but this total amount has been placed in budgetary reserve. <br /> <br />The Corps is currently coordinating with the Federal and Arizona Game and <br />Fish authorities on the ecology effects of the project, and has employed <br />ecologists from the University of Arizona to serve os consultants. <br /> <br />It is hoped thot construction will start in FY 1971 because this project is <br />important to the solution of the salinity problem in that it is necessary to <br />assure continuance of selective pumping in the Wellton-Mohawk project <br />during and following flood periods, which is an essential part of the <br />United States operations for solution of the salinity problem with Mexico. <br /> <br />10. Acknowledgment <br /> <br />The cooperation of the Bureau of Reclamation and Irrigation and Drainage Districts <br />in the Yuma area in carrying out the United States operations under Minute No. 218 <br />is acknowledged with appreciation. <br /> <br />J. F. Friedkin <br />Commissioner <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />Exhibits 1 - 7 <br />Minute No. 218 <br />