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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />New Developments ,': <br />Point 6 of. Mlnuti No. 242 provides that: <br /> <br />". , . The United States and Mexico shall consult with each other <br />prior to undertaking any new developments of either the surface or <br />the groundwater resources, or undertaking substantial modifications <br />of present developments, in its own territory in the border area that <br />might adversely affect the other country." <br /> <br />The U,S. Section during 1985, provided the Mexican Section well data and progress <br />reports on plans by the U,S, Bureau of Reclamation to salvage waters from the <br />All-American Canal by either pumping or lining of the All-American Canal. <br /> <br />Data obtained by the U,S. Bureau of Reclamation in connection with the lower <br />Colorado River runoff and expected flood flows into Mexico, were furnished to <br />Mexico. <br /> <br />Assistance to Mexico in Rehabilitation Program <br /> <br />Point 7 of Minute No. 242 provides that: <br /> <br />"The United States will support efforts by Mexico to obtain <br />appropriate financing on favorable terms for the improvement and <br />rehabilitation of the Mexicali Valley, The United States will <br />also provide nonreimbursable assistance on a basis mutually <br />acceptable to both countries, exclusively for those aspects of <br />the Mexican rehabilitation program of the Mexicali Valley relating <br />to the salinity problem, including tile drainage." <br /> <br />The Government of Mexico has not asked the United States for assistance in <br />obtaining financing for the improvement and rehabilitation of the Mexicali <br />Valley. Mexico has not proposed nonreimbursable assistance for those aspects <br />of the Mexican rehabilitation program relating to the salinity program, <br />including tile drainage. The Mexicali Valley rehabilitation program was <br />essentially complete at the end of the calendar year 1977, <br /> <br />Acknowledgment <br /> <br />The full cooperation of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of <br />Reclamation, whieD enabled compliance with the salinity agreement with Mexico, <br />as reported herein, is acknowledged with appreciation. <br /> <br />~~~~ o- <br /> <br />F. , Fr~edkin <br />OmntlSSloner <br /> <br />. <br />