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Q Co\) Co\) Q . . 12 I manner set out in Article 15 of this Treaty, addi- tional waters of the Colorado River system to pro- vide a total quantity not to exceed 1,700,000 acre- feet (2,096,931,000 cubic meters) a year. Mexico shall acquire no right beyond that provided by this subparagraph by the use of the waters of the Colorado River system, for any purpose whatsoever, in excess of 1,500,000 acre-feet (1,850,234,000 cubic meters) annually. Article 10 is thus an allocation of waters of the Colorado River from any and all sources. And Article 10(b) indicates that in the event of a surplus" additional waters of the Colorado River system" may be delivered to Mexico. Concerning place of delivery, Article 11 (a) provides: The United States shall deliver all waters ,allotted to Mexico wherever these waters may arrive in the bed of the limitrophc section of the Colorado River, with the exceptions hereinafter provided. Such waters shall be made up of the waters of the said river, what.. ever their origin, subject to the provisions, of the following paragraphs of this Article. Article 11 (a) thus indieates that waters to be delivered shall be made up of the waters of the said river" whatever their origin." These provisions of the treaty, therefore, indicate that while an allotment is made to Mexico of "waters of the Colorado River," the waters may be "from any and all sources" and" whatever their origin." If the broadest interpretation is given these phrases, it seems clear that the United States may satisfy its treaty obliga- tion to Mexico by the delivery of any water which finds its way into the river at the boundary. In authorizing funds for the recent study of the Bureau of ReclamatIon, the Appropriations Committee of the United States Senate took this view, stating: "[U]nder the treaty of 1944 water delivered to Mexico in the Colorado River is to be 'from any and all sources' and is to be 'made up of the waters of 'the' said, river, whatever their origin;' and therefore :i:; " _, "'<NV":"'r~....-;'''''''"''"--''-' -",,,,-,,t . .~,.~~ .-,... '-'_~ ~~_,'_~_''T''''"_'~' .,> -- __-"H__-~-~-'_'''''_''C'._,__'''-' '--~':,",5""""~"'" ;_<; -,<' ,'._.,f'.>\"