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<br />want more information I recommend Rich Johnson's book or the numerous records of the <br />Congressional hearings. <br /> <br />On September 30, 1968, Congress passed the Colorado River Basin Project Act129 (1968 <br />CRBP A). The 1968 CRBP A was the result of years of legislative debate, negotiations and <br />compromise. There are number of significant provisions within the legislation that must be <br />specifically mentioned because of their importance to the situation on the river today. <br /> <br />Section 202 declares that "the satisfaction of the requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty <br />from the Colorado River constitutes a national obligation." It contemplated that once an <br />augmentation plan was in place and delivering two and one half million acre feet of water to the <br />Colorado River below Lee Ferry, the Basin States would be relieved of their obligations of the 1944 <br />Mexican Water Treaty. <br /> <br />Comment: Importation from the Columbia River Basin has not happened and with the ESA <br />issues it is unlikely to ever happen. But the Lower Basin has not forgotten about augmentation. At <br />the Colorado River District water seminar in September 2006, CAP Chief Engineer Larry Dozier <br />suggested that the Federal Government should build an enormous nuclear powered desalinization <br />plant in Mexico on the Gulf of California. The states are also continuing to pursue cloud seeding <br />to enhance the snowpack, primarily in the Upper Basin. There are many unanswered technical and <br />legal issues with regional cloud seeding. The Marchi April 2007 edition of "Southwest Hydrology" <br />is devoted to cloud seeding issues.¼ <br />129 82 Stat. 885. (1968) <br /> <br />Page -45- <br />