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<br />OOD331 <br /> <br />The replacement of any water bypassed to the Cienega including any bypass of <br />the brine stream after the Desalting Plant became operational was mandated and is <br />considered a "national obligation." The Act does not require the replacement of the <br />Wellton Mohawk bypass or the brine stream in any year when the Colorado River is <br />found to be in "surplus" as defined by the Mexican Treaty. <br />Funds were provided to implement advanced water conservation techniques <br />within the Wellton-Mohawk District with the goal of significantly reducing the <br />volume of the drainage flow. <br />The Act authorized the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a well <br />field near the Mexican border capable of withdrawing 160,000 acre feet per year as <br />allowed pursuant to one of the terms of Minute 242. <br />To offset the effects of the bypass flow during what is described as an "Interim <br />Period," the Act authorized the lining ofa portion of the Coachella Canal in <br />California. The savings in seepage losses were credited to the federal government as <br />an offset to the continued bypass of the drainage flow prior to the operation of the <br />Yuma Desalting Plant. <br /> <br />Recommendations of the YDP/Cienega Workgroup <br /> <br />24 <br />