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<br />MR. TIPTON. That is my interpretation of the Treaty, <br />sir. During the negotiations, that question was argued <br />strenuously. Memoranda passed back and forth during <br />negotiations indicate what the intent was. Language was <br />placed in the treaty to cover that situation and to cover <br />only that situation. <br /> <br />SENATOR McFARLAND. As far as that goes, right there, <br />Mr. Tipton, that 380,000 acre-feet, as I have added it up, <br />here, which you estimate now, that is going to be water <br />of a pretty good quality? <br /> <br />MR. TIPTON. Yes, sir; that is correct. <br /> <br />SENATOR McFARLAND. It is going to be water of which <br />no one could complain, if they could just get it? <br /> <br />MR. TIPTON. I would like to continue on my answer. <br />Suppose there were sufficient water coming from central <br />Arizona to deteriorate materially the other water; there <br />was language put in the treaty with the knowledge and <br />consent of Mexico specifically to cover that. The treaty <br />provides that the waters shall be allocated from any <br />source whatsoever. I am paraphrasing. You will remember <br />the language. The other is, that Mexico shall have a <br />right to use no more than 1,500,000 acre-feet "for any <br />purpose whatsoever". Now, that "any purpose whatsoever" <br />has material significance. Under this language we be- <br />lieve that Mexico could not call upon the United States <br />for any more water than 1,500,000 acre-feet for dilution <br />purposes. She has renounced all claim to to any water, <br />except 1,500,000 acre-feet, for any purpose whatsoever. <br /> <br />Another item is covered by the language. It is <br />possible, and a certainty for many years, that fairly <br />substantial quantities of water must be passed down the <br />stream to keep the stream bed in a healthful condition, <br />to carry off silt and sand. Under the ultimate conditions <br />we are attempting to visualize here, that might not be <br />true, but if it becomes necessary for Mexico to use water <br />for desilting purposes, it must come out of the 1,500,000 <br />acre-feet. <br /> <br />SENATOR McFARLAND. Now, "any purpose whatsoever", Mr. <br />Tipton, would cover a situation like this, would it not-- <br />and it is very valuable for this reason--that down in the <br /> <br />-26- <br />