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000320 settlement and water rights purchased from Wellton-Mohawk IDD for the Salt River Pima Indian settlement. a. Water rights purchased from Wellton-Mohawk IDD may provide an extra benefit in that if less water is applied to the land, less drainage pumpage may be required. However, with less drainage pumpage, there would be less water flowing in the MODE to sustain the Cienega. b. As with land fallowing options, forbearance agreements by the state, junior water users or the Mexican government may be required to prevent the conserved water from being ordered by other water users. 4. Mexican water conservation and drainage control - This option was contemplated in Paragraph 7 of Minute 242 as a means to improve Mexican irrigation efficiency and to provide better drainage to keep soils from developing salinity buildup. Reduced demand for water in Mexico would allow the Mexican water users to order less water and thereby absorb some or all of the impact of the bypass flows. C. Municipal and industrial water supply measures - M&I measures would deliver drinking water quality supplies to U.S. or Mexican water users who otherwise would be utilizing Colorado River water. 1. Mexican water deliveries - It has been reported that the growing communities of San Luis and Mexicali in Mexico are in need of higher quality water supplies than they currently use. Desalted drainage water could be treated to drinking water standards and delivered to Mexico via new pipelines. To the extent that the water is delivered in lieu of current Treaty-based deliveries, less water would need to be released from upstream storage reservoirs. 2. Yuma County area - This proposal would provide potable water to Yuma area communities such as Yuma, San Luis, or Somerton. Yuma has indicated that even though the Salinity Control Act provides them the right of first refusal, they are not currently interested in purchasing potable water from the YDP. Recommendations of the YDP/Cienega Workgroup 13