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<br />"The second maj or point was that with the construction of Boulder <br />Dam and the All-American Canal (I) conditions during the past several <br />years have shown the dependence of Mexico upon facilities in the <br />UnHed States for a dependabie water supply; (2) without this treaty <br />Mexico could not solely by the use of her own facilities put to successful <br />use any larger, dependabie quantity of Colorado River Water, certainly <br />not more than 750,000 acre-feet. <br />"The third major point is that Mexico is the one requiring a treaty <br />on the Colorado River, not the United States. <br />* * * <br /> <br />Mr. Dowd also cautioned against allocating all of the water in the river and <br /> <br />predicted that there would be operational losses in delivering to Mexico l, 500,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet. He used a figure of 200,000 or 250,000 acre-feet for operational waste <br /> <br />or regulation losses. (see p. 732) <br /> <br />Senator Downey on page 739 introduces an interpretation of Article 10 of the <br /> <br />Treaty which would guarantee Mexico 1 .5 million acre-feet per year and permit her <br /> <br />to increase her allottment by an additional 1 .5 million acre-feet annually. Senator <br /> <br />Downey does this by questioning Mr. Dowd. The exchange takes place on pages <br /> <br />739 to 742: <br /> <br />"Senator DOWNEY. Mr. Dowd, as f understand your testimony, <br />y-ou~a[e_oLthe_opiniorL.tbi1'i' ';' h i s_treaL,,'--Q rantsio-Mexico_only_three-cla sses <br />of water; First, 1,500,000 acre-feet, the guaranteed quantity, and then <br />an additional quantity of 200,000 acre-feet that you have been testifying <br />about, and then only the right to use the wa'ter that reaches her boundaries. <br />Is that correct? <br />"Mr. DOWD. That is right. <br />"Senator DOWNEY. Is that the impression of the treaty that you <br />have gotten from your discussions with various engineers and representa- <br />tives of the State Department? <br />"Mr. DOWD. No. We have not discussed the treaty lately with <br />the State Department, bu', prior to the treaty's being finally negotiated <br />and signed we were told by a representative of the State Department <br />that Mexico was insisting on 2,000,000 acre-feet and she would be <br />shown how she could get it. <br /> <br />-42- <br />