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<br />001392 <br /> <br />7. Rio Grande above Fort Quitman - United states <br />and Mexico - May 21, 1906 <br /> <br />This is a case of a river entirely within the territory of one State which <br />at a certain point becomes a boundary stream. The agreement provides for the <br />equitable distribution of the waters of the river from the point where it be- <br />comes an international boundary downstream for a river distance of about 150 <br />miles. ' <br /> <br />In 1906, by a convention, the United States Government agreed to deliver <br />to Mexico for use in the Juarez Valley, extending from El Paso to Fort ~uitman, <br />60,000 aore-feet of water per year, whioh it was estimated would be suffioient <br />to irrigate all of the lands that previously had been irrigated by Mexioo in <br />that valley and the Mexioan Government waived any and all olaims to the waters <br />of the Rio Grande for any purpose whatever above Fort Quitman. <br /> <br />The water thus supplied for use in Mexioo originates in the United States <br />and is oontrolled by the Elephant Butte Dam, whioh was built and is maintained <br />and operated entirely at the expense of the United States. The Mexicans of the <br />Juarez Valley are thus protected in,benefits of Rio Grande water to the full <br />extent to whioh these were enjoyed before upstream diversions and control works <br />interfered with the flow of the river past their lands. But the use of Rio <br />Grande waters in Mexioo 'above Fort Quitman is definitely limited to 60,000 aore- <br />feet per year, there being no provision by which increased diversions may be <br />made. <br /> <br />The material portions of the treaty are as follows, <br /> <br />"ARTICLE I <br /> <br />"After the completion of the proposed storage <br />dam near Engle, New Mexioo, and the distributing <br />system auxiliary thereto, and as soon as water <br />shall be available in said system for the purpose, <br />the United States shall deliver to Mexioo a total <br />of 60,000 aore-feet of water annually, in the bed <br />of the Rio Grande at the point where the head works <br />of the Acequia Madre, known as the Old Mexioan <br />Canal, now exist above the oity of Juarez, Mexioo. <br /> <br />ART ICLE II <br /> <br />"The delivery of the said amount of water <br />shall be assured by the United States and shall <br />be distributed through the year in the same pro- <br />portions as the water supply proposed to be fur- <br />nished from the said irrigation system to lands in <br />the United States in the vioinity of EI Paso, Texas, <br />aooording to the following sohedule, as nearly as <br />may be possible, (Here follows the schedule) <br /> <br />-9- <br />