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<br />Use of Underc;:r.ound S toral!e <br />-~----~ <br /> <br />Mexico has another resource in the delta of the <br /> <br />River which should be fully explored; that is, the pos- <br />sibility of natural storage underground. By reason of <br />the porous nature of the soil and contributions both <br /> <br />from surface now and fro111 underground flow out of the <br />Colorado and Gila Rivers, the Yuma Valley, and other <br />adjoining areas, there exists a large body of under- <br />ground water available for use by pumping from wells. <br />This natural storage is referred to in the report <br />dated March 22, 1930, to the Congress of the United <br />States, submitted by the American Section of the Inter- <br /> <br />national Water Commission, United States and Mexico <br /> <br />(House Doc. No. 359, 71st Cong., 2d Sess., 1930, page 22), <br /> <br />which makes the statement in reference to this storage <br />that "Extensive tests with pumps of large capacity do <br />not exhaust or materially lower the supply." <br /> <br />Several wells have been put down in the area. One <br /> <br />known as the Williams Well, located near Cuervos Station, <br /> <br />has been in use for a nuniller of years in irrigating over <br /> <br />a thousand acres of land. The well is about 200 feet <br /> <br />deep, 18 inchos in diameter and produces 10 second feet <br /> <br />with a drawdown of about 15 feet, the lowest level of <br /> <br />the water, when the well is in continuous use, being <br /> <br />about 26 feet from the ground surface. Three other wells <br /> <br />- 21 - <br />