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<br />o <br />w <br />U1 <br />N <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Debates in the Senate also give indication that the qual- <br />ity of water to be delivered to Mexico was relative in na- <br />ture, depending upon the salinity of the river as it normally <br />developed. Senator Millikin stated: <br /> <br />In considering the 1,500,000 acre-feet of water pro- <br />vidod by the treaty for Mexieo, we Rh01'lld rmnOlnhor <br />that the larger part of the water will consist of return <br />flow of water which reaches the river after its last use <br />on American land. There has been some difference in <br />engineering opinion as to the amount of the return <br />flow. The Bureau of Reelamation says it will be in the <br />neighborhood of 1,000,000 acre-feet a year. I have <br />seen estimates of lesser and greater amounts. I think <br />we are warranted in accepting the estimates of the <br />Bureau of Ueclamation. 'l'hus, the real cost of the <br />treaty to us will be approximately 500,000 acre-feet of <br />water; that is to say, 500,000 acre-feet of water is the <br />amount of water which we allocate to Mexico, and <br />which in the far-distant future we in the United States <br />might be able to use. <br /> <br />There has been criticism of the salinity of the return <br />flow. The crities denounce the treaty as profligate; <br />and, without the slightest chango of pace, they de- <br />nounce the treaty as not giving Mexico enough good <br />water. Let me say that the return flow will be saline, <br />but it will be only slightly more saline than it was <br />when last used in the United States. The salinity of <br />the return flow which Mexico has agreed to take under <br />the treaty is not due to the treaty. It is due to the <br />legitimate use and reuse of the water in the United <br />States and to the geographical position of the last <br />users on the stream. :Mexico cannot expect better <br />water and does not expect better water than the down- <br />stream users in the United States will have." <br /> <br />In answer to the contention of Senator Downey that the <br />water to be delivered would be worthless, Senator Millikin <br />stated: <br /> <br />Mr. Millikin. Mr. President, when the Senator says <br />that water may be taken from any source, whatever it <br /> <br />5191 Congo Rec. 3098 (1945). <br />