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o W 1iIiiIo. ~ . I I . I 26 waters to be delivered to Mexico because of the probability that return flow waters would in the future undergo a pro- gressive deterioration." As a result it appears that lan- . 410ther authoritative witnesses expressed their opinion that the United States was not obligated by the treaty to dclivOl' water or any partie-ulnr quality. We think it is possiblo to interpret theso at,atoments, hOWCycl'J to refer to the situation whero' the quality of water dotel'iorates due to normal irrigation development ulong the river. rl'ho following statemonta appear throughout tho hearings: 1. There is no guurn.nty in the treaty of the' source of supply or the quality of {.LIly water. (Hearings, pt. 1, at 303, Statement on Behalf of Arizona in Support of Ratification of the T'renty with Mexico.) 2. Senator Downey. And you are vcry positive that tho treaty does not give any gllUl'anty to Mexico that the ,vater we deliver her shall be of a quality that she shall usei Mr. Tipton. Yes, sir. . .. (Hearings, pt. 2, at 324.) 3. Senator Downey. Now, I assume that JOu win agree, Judge Stone, with what othor proponents of the treaty have said, that there is neither directly nor indirectly set up in this treaty any implied guaranty that the water that will go to Mexico will' be usable. Mr. Stono. Yes; I 3gree to that. I think thore is express language ill the treaty which provides that water which gOBS to Mexico must bo accopted ill the quality as delivered and as passed to hor under the treaty. (Hearings, pt. 5, at 1487.) 4. Senator Murdock. Is it your position that if the 1,500,000 acre-feet aJlotted to Mexico SllOUld become so saline that it is not usable, but still we furnish it; is that all that we are required to do under tho tl'ca.ty1 Mr. Wallace. All we are required to do under the treaty is to deliver that 1,50(),000 acro-feot of wator, without consideration of its quality. (Hearings, pt. 5, at 1536.) 5. Sena.tor Downey. Consequently, if it happens that hecause Mexico is at the lower end of the riyer a.nd she gots water that is so saline that sho would not be able to uso it ultimately, you think that is all right under this treaty? Mr. Bashore. I think that is what this treaty contemplates. (Hoar- iugs, pt. 5, at 1727.) 6. Mr. ArJlCson. So, three times it has beon made clear in the treaty that what Mexico gets is 1,500,000 acre-feet of water from any and aU sources, for any purposc whatsoevcr, fmd whatever tho origin. Senator Downey. ]<':ven though it comes from seepage And drainage water, and even thongh it become so 8ulino it is not usunblo by Mexico' Mr. Acheson. Those are the plain words of the treaty, Senator. (Hearings, pt. 5, at 1764-65.)