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<br />immediately adjacent ,lands in Volcano Lake, and was <br />never considered a part of the main levee system. <br />Since the completion of Boulder Dam American fin- <br />ancing of the levee work has ceased, with the result <br />that the Mexican Government has had to take it over. <br />Reports state it is now spending an appropriation of <br />2,000,000 pesos - about *400,000 - in raising and <br />strengthening the River front levees. Vlhile the con~ <br />struction of Boulder Dron has almost entirely removed <br />any possible future menace of floods to American lands, <br />there still exists a serious menace to lands along the <br />River in Mexico. Until there is flood control on the <br />lower Gila the poss1.billty of large flash floods, <br />amo1..U1ting to as much as 200,000 second feet, still <br />exists. Also, there is a flood hazard from occasional <br />releases from Boulder Dmn of as much as 75,000 second <br />feet, which may be necessary. Therefore, Mexico must <br />not only continue to raise and strengthen the existing <br />levees, but, if additional lands are developed, the <br />levee system will havo to be extended in order to <br />protect those lands. <br />Furthermore, it will certainly prove very advan- <br />tageous to Mexico to channelize the River from the <br />upper boundary for a distance of some 30 or 40 miles be- <br />low, in order to reduce the meandering of the River and <br /> <br />- 19 - <br />