WSP11122

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: OPINION - Colorado River Salinity Problem - Submitted to His Excellency - Honorable Antonio Carillo Flores - Ambassador of Mexico
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

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A. The Salinity Problem and ,Subsequent Recommen-
dations ................. '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

B. Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Projeet .......... 7
C. Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District 10

PART ONE
I. Rights of Mexico .....,........................ 11
A. Under thc 1944 Treaty.. .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. .. 11
1. Provisions of the Treaty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11
2. Diplomatic Correspondence ............... 15
3. Proceedings Leading to Ratification . . . . . . .. 20
a. Credit for Return Flow Waters, Regard-
less of Quality .................. . . . . . .. 21
b. Credit for Waters of Any Kind...... .... 27
c. Quality Corresponding to That of Lower
Users iu the United ,states .............. 29

4.Conclusion .............................. 37

B. Apart from the 1944 Treaty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
1. International .Tudicial Decisions-The Trail
,smelter Arbitration ...................... 44
2. Quasi-International Decisions ............. 47
3. Other Authorities ........................ 48

4. Conclusion .............................. 51

II. Remedies of Mexico ........................... 52
A. The Inter-American Arbitration Treaty. . . . . . 52
B. The International .court of Justice........... 52

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