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<br />N <br />o <br />-..J <br />CV <br /> <br />~qricultural or ot~er use <br />- in the L~il; t,~:~ States <br /> <br />lS,QQQ 'lcre-foet <br /> <br />'1'livGry to ':exico at Southerly <br />I~ternatio!l;~l ~oundi',ry <br /> <br />_~~5,0l1 ~cre-fep.t <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />160,QOl ~cre-fp.et <br /> <br />Construction of t:,c I'lell ficlds is scheduled to begin in <br /> <br />late 1975 and I-Jill contin'J:? for apIJroxil;lately 3 years. <br /> <br />I~plementation of the proposed project uill result in 125,110 <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet of pumped I'later and about 15,000 acre-feet of existing canal <br /> <br /> <br />wasteway l'later beina delivered annually to 'lexico at the Southerly <br /> <br />International Goundary in accordance Witll ',1inute ::0. 242. <br /> <br />2. Project Objectives <br /> <br />The objective of the proposal is to provide by protective <br /> <br />and reQul atory rMlpi nq a means of uti 1 i zi nf) I'later from the aqui fer <br /> <br /> <br />underlying United States lands to the a-:lvantage of United States '.~ater <br /> <br />delivery obligations. The underflOl'/ of qroLlnd l'later to :Iexico cause~ <br /> <br />by ;1exican ~umpin1 I'dll be reduced, ~Ild thus a valuable I'!ater resource <br /> <br />I'Ii 11 be jlrotectec!. :10\'Iever, a subs tan ti.J 1 porti on of t:,e "'Jrlped ',later <br /> <br />~'lill be ,jeliv.2re,~ to ;~cxico in satisfaction of Treaty requirerJents. T:,is <br /> <br />I'ill not increase delivery of lIater to '!e~ico, but !,lill 'laint'lic :Icliver) <br /> <br />tIt th~~ 'l:lounts S;1~c;.ci~r~ ~~, t:~::: Tr~~ty. <br /> <br />6 <br />