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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />N <br />....' <br />t>;1 <br />Q:l <br /> <br />and is located approxi mate 1y 58 mil es ups tream from the Hell ton-r.1ohawk <br />District. The reservoir has a gross capacity of about 2,500,000 acre- <br />feet. The Corps of Engineers has acquired fee title to sufficient land <br />to store about 100,000 acre-feet, with flowage easements on the remainder <br />of the reservoir area. <br /> <br />Public Law 93-320 authorized acquisition through the Corps of Engineers <br /> <br />of fee title to or additional interest in, other lands in the reservoir <br />t <br />area which are needed to minimize the infiltration of floodwaters into <br /> <br />the Well ton-Mohawk aquifer. These lands would not be acquired, however, <br />until it is finally determined by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction <br />that the Corps of Engineers presently lacks legal authority to use the <br /> <br />reservoir area for temporary storage. <br /> <br />Another feature of the project i ncl udes the py'otecti ve and regul atory <br />pumping well fields. The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with <br />the United States 'Section, International Boundary and Water Commission. <br /> <br />has tentatively located two potential well fields on the south Yuma t1esa <br /> <br />and in the southwestern portion of the Yuma Valley. Both fields will be <br /> <br />"' ",,' "-~ <br /> <br />- ~o; ,;.' ".J . .~_.-- <br /> <br /> <br />drilled within 5 miles of the Arizona-Sonora International Boundary near <br /> <br />San Luis. The disposition of the pumped water will be to maintain <br /> <br />Southerly International Boundary deliveries to Mexico near levels experienced <br /> <br />in recent years, as required under Minute No. 242. <br /> <br />5 <br />