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I <br />DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WATER RESOURCES <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />The growth of Southern Nevada has necessitated long term planning on water conservation, <br />reuse, and development of additional water resources. Figure 1 indicates that by utilizing strict <br />conservation measures, Nevada will utilize their full allocation (present contracts) of the <br />4F Colorado River by approximately the year 1998 with 'leasing" and "banking" water resources <br />possibly extending this date to 2010±. This White Paper is authored by Carollo, Black & <br />Veatch, (CBV) (a joint venture between John Carollo Engineers and Black & Veatch) to present <br />a concept that will benefit both Mexico and the State of Nevada. The concept developed in this <br />paper is based upon the fact that the Colorado River is an international resource. The key <br />point to the success of this concept is the critical point that a new and independent <br />water source is being introduced into the Colorado River Basin to the benefit of both <br />Mexico and the State of Nevada. This new water is truly in addition to the generally accepted <br />allocations of Colorado River Water to the lower basin states and to Mexico. Since Southern <br />Nevada is nearing the limit of its water allocation from the Colorado River, it is proposed to <br />exchange a portion of Mexico's water allocation with high quality potable water produced by a <br />seawater desalting plant on the Sea of Cortez, or by a brackish water desalting plant operating <br />on drainage water currently wasted: thus permitting consumption of an equivalent amount of <br />water from the main stream of the river in Southern Nevada. <br />An international project of this size and complexity will require the involvement of numerous <br />agencies and departments from both Mexico and the United States. The active participation <br />and input f Mexico will be essential to the success of this bi- national project which will <br />a p to p j <br />demonstrate the correct application of state -of -the- industry water resource development and <br />management to the benefit of both Mexico and the State of Nevada. <br />a1 Carollo Black & Veatch <br />