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<br />. <br /> <br />acre-feet would be available in the lower river. Other <br />waste water reaching the river would involve the minimum <br />of 100,000 acre-feet for desilting purposes plus another <br />100,000 acre-feet of unused Gila water, making a total <br />of l,130,OOO acre-feet of return and waste water." <br /> <br />Top of P. 245: <br /> <br />"SENATOR DOV/NEY. Let me reframe the question, Mr. <br />Lowry. <br /> <br />Is it not true that the representatives of the <br />State Department, in discussing this matter with various <br />representatives of the Colorado River Basin States, <br />urged upon them as a fact that there will be upward of <br />l,OOO,OOO acre-feet of water in return flow at the <br />border - - - <br /> <br />MR. LOWRY. No; Senator. <br /> <br />SENATOR DOWNEY. May I finish? That could be used to <br />satisfy the Mexican allocation of l,500,OOO acre-feet of <br />water? <br /> <br />MR. LOWRY. No, Senator; that statement is not true. <br />The State Department, so far as I know, has never urged <br />upon the upper Basin States or the other States in the <br />basin that are interested in this thing any figures. Our <br />figures have largely come from the other States. We were <br />just guided by the request that was made at the Santa Fe <br />meeting that return flow should be taken account of, and <br />it is estimated today as pretty close to 900,000 acre- <br />feet." <br /> <br />Middle of P. 259: <br /> <br />"MR. CARSON. I do not know that I can immediately <br />find the table. Their offer to Mexico at that time, when <br />they were trying to negotiate a treaty, was based upon <br />the utilization of water in Mexico measured in laterals, <br />and in their offer they offered Mexico 750,000 acre-feet <br />delivered at their laterals, so I would assume that was <br />the greatest use that Mexico had then made. Now, to that <br />750,000 acre-feet delivered at the laterals this old <br />American section of the International Water commission <br />offered to add such water as might be necessary to <br /> <br />-23- <br />