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<br />-, <br /> <br />boundary to the Santa Clara Slough of a capacity of 353 cubic <br />feet (10 cubic meters) per second. Mexico shall permit the <br />United States to discharge through this drain to the Santa <br />Clara Slough all or a portion of the Well ton-Mohawk drainage <br />waters, the volumes of brine from such desalting operations in <br />the United States as are carried out to implement the Reso- <br />lution of this Minute, and any other volumes of brine which <br />Mexico may agree to accept. It is understood that no radio- <br />active material or nuclear wastes shall be discharged through <br />this drain. and that the United States shall acquire no right <br />to~avigation, servitude or easement by reason of the existence <br />of the drain, nor other legal rights, except as expressly pro- <br />vided in this point. <br /> <br />5. Pending the conclusion by the Governments of the United States <br />and Mexico of a comprehensive agreement on groundwater in the <br />border areas, each country shall limit pumping of groundwaters <br />in its territory within five miles (eight kilometers) of the <br />Arizona-Sonora boundary near San Luis to 160,000 acre-feet <br />(197,358.000 cubic meters) annually. <br /> <br />6. With the objective of avoiding future problems, the United <br />States and Mexico shall consult with each other prior to under- <br />taking any new development of either the surface or the ground- <br />water resources, or undertaking substantial modifications of <br />present developments, in its own territory in the border area <br />that might adversely affect the other country. <br /> <br />1. The United States will support efforts by Mexico to obtain <br />appropriate financing on favorable terms for the improvement <br />and rehabilitation of the Mexicali Valley. The United States <br />will also provide nonreimbursable assistance on a basis mutu- <br />ally acceptable to both countries exclusively for those aspects <br />of the Mexican rehabilitation program of the Mexicali Valley <br />relating to the salinity problem, including tile drainage. In <br />order to comply with the above-mentioned purposes, both <br />countries will undertake negotiations as soon as possible. <br /> <br />8. The United States and Mexico shall recognize the undertakings <br />and understandings contained in this Resolution as constituting <br />the permanent and definitive solution of the salinity problem <br />referred to in the Joint Communique of President Richard Nixon <br />and President Luis Echeverria dated June 17, 1972. <br /> <br />9. The measures required to implement this Resolution shall be <br />undertaken and completed at the earliest practical date. <br /> <br />10. This Minute is subject to the express approval of both <br /> <br />-3- <br />