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<br />United 8111.l.c~ ..,. the minimum contnbutlon
<br />from tbe MeIICllIl t.J"jbu~ul,,", m..ntloned, In
<br />clause 'c' of paragraph 'B' of thla artlcle.
<br />the amouutlBckIOjf....hlellma). ulst at tl.e
<br />end of th.. following eyc1e (wlll be rE-placed)
<br />with Water pr<X....dlng born the ume trlb.
<br />Ularl....
<br />"J! the ~tul capaCIty QSlgned to the
<br />United. Stat..s 01 aL 1..,.,,1 two of Ill... main
<br />IntullaUonal dams. InclUding that le<:1I.\.ed
<br />upstrum. 1>! 1Illcd with water belonging to
<br />the Unlled States, a cycle of 5 )'eara will be
<br />coru;lderP<l terminated, and all tbe eharges
<br />totally paid. II n..W C)'ele hf1I:lnlllng from that
<br />amQunt.M
<br />In th.. 4n!t plll.c'" I d~lr.. to cB.lI your 111-
<br />ten!lon "'p<<lally to tllla tundamen!al
<br />phrase 1IIhl"b, It It had not bttn carefully
<br />detennlned. lIi'ould have given rIM' Ul mucb
<br />motu.lon: "There u aar;lgned to me Vnlled
<br />Stat<-s Ie) a third pan 01 the water ...hlch
<br />re;tchea the tIUl.Jn CUrreDt of the R~o
<br />OrandI' . ~ Thla It Ia not a maner
<br />of assigning the third part of the virgin run.
<br />of! of the Me.lean trlbutar1~ whIch thla
<br />C.IUlI" mentlOlla. but only the third part of
<br />th.. wI\tl'r ....blch fr...,ly reach" th.. Rio
<br />Orlln<l.., th"t la. th.. aurplu!. aHer ha"lng
<br />made all the use poMlble of the wateu 01
<br />the$<! tTlbutarlts withIn national territory.
<br />Thul. having cultivated an ..verage Irom
<br />19:00 to 11lU OD our Ulhu~rln of a total area
<br />....UUlIlt<'<\at 12'l.ooob...,tarn (313.800acrNI
<br />und..r th.. plan& of th.. Cmnml.Won there
<br />will be cultlv..t..d 1lOIII1' 316.000 hectares
<br />(778,400 acree) In th.. luture.
<br />tu "IIKt, our COUlltry. throullh the N...
<br />tlonallrrlll..Uon Commlli&lon. before negotl...
<br />Uou of th.. treaty. atudl..d th.. form of
<br />m..klng Use within the ba5ln 01 e..ch M...&lc..n
<br />tributary of the Rio OrandI' th.. ma&1mum
<br />poa!lJle volume of th.. waler 01 &aId trlbu.
<br />tary. For l'lII.mpl... In th.. cas.. of th.. Con-
<br />choa River th.. lollowing utlll%aUoru; In d..tall
<br />actuallyu.:..t:
<br />
<br />Ih...t~ (A<Te<)
<br />
<br />Jlydi"""lnlak"oll~t'OIOoo.
<br />Uiw.. .h.nar< irrip.u<d__u.u.
<br />Ooth..l:laoYed,ollivu,lr1butary
<br />or Ib"CClIOboa.unu.n...n...
<br />ORlbeFlotidollln.."llhl1<'rrn..
<br />","ot In.,.III>O______n. _....nn.
<br />o"lhl'Ch",'bearR!H, ___..._...
<br />10 Ibe Vd\cWlrrll"lllon dlM.ltl___
<br />
<br />l~, 239
<br />
<br />(~1. 000)
<br />(Il. ~.')
<br />(l~. ;OC'1
<br />(~. !iOO1
<br />(S:,S'lOj
<br />
<br />~.(lIlO
<br />Hl,llflO
<br />,,~
<br />33.1001
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<br />'TOW..n...................
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<br />6lI.:.oo O;O'.....,j
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<br />'nI.. ComtnlMlon blL!! mad!! a etudy In
<br />ord!!~ to mak!! ua.. of thf' waten ot th!!
<br />ConchOll River and Its trlhutarll\ll to the
<br />grut~l dl!'gf~ pOMlblf', by the c:onattuctlon
<br />or Dtlml'1'o\U new dam! ",hldl. ....ould permit
<br />r~l.tlon ta th!! point whe", It I! phy!It"Ally
<br />prat"tlc..ble of th!! toITt"ntJ..1 WII1!!1lI of th.
<br />Con...hoa Rlvn and Its trlbUtarln. havIng
<br />found that the maIlmum utlllzaUon! ""bkh
<br />can be madf' n.re th!! follOWing:
<br />
<br /> B...(..... (.-\~)
<br />lo...........loltw.n.lltla!;lrr\jl.llon
<br />disIM".ilblh.........\''''"lr'
<br />.tldVlUiUlo.I>amL............ "'~ (74.100)
<br />lD...........O'~.1ltI1lK....... lor w.o.na
<br />~llhe dam, ~je<1ed on lb~
<br />FIo.kJo Rj"er.lDd perm......11
<br />1l1"lfall<'nD/:!."-'(I~""1
<br />""I"*M~llIlbe""al>lo"dt~1
<br />al l'''~11 Lll' HkI~~t1y !(.o b~ l~,f.oo ""..,
<br />irTip.l...J ....n......n..........
<br />10<Tl'A.... t>yulUlraoUOR otlhe
<br />wal.,"" or Ihe Cbu~~ Rl~er
<br />lb.r<.,,~h lho! "",...truotloo 01 the ""' ($.:'1),))
<br />1..00 ,-\ldAlIU Vamm..un_.n_
<br />Irrlpliolllolh.OjrnA!:">\'a1I.y
<br />Ib"",uh 1M <'(ID>trnctloll oflh. (ll,IOO)
<br />~ ..1"Ell'~"...._.n...n .,~
<br />'Total.......b~~..nn ~~,Z~ 1116.;00)
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<br />But In .pll" of thf' above Iner..a,,;f' It ....111
<br />not be phflllClllly poa.5lhl!! to make uae,e\'ery
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<br />r:ar, of the tOlal 01 tbe run-ot! 01 the Con-
<br />chOllRlver.be<:auseth..re...m..I......yabl'c._
<br />of "Itraordlnary flood. which are spilled
<br />ov..r th.. dam. and go to th.. iUo Or..nde.
<br />bpcauae Ihere wlll al1lo'''r' be return wat..r
<br />lrom the Irrigated land. which Inevltab;y
<br />arTlv" at the ri,...r boe-d. etc_. that Is. In the
<br />cau- elf Ihe Conch.:. Rlnr aa In th.. eae 01
<br />Any other MeIlcan rl~er In the cent..r 01 tne
<br />country. and to generalu-... eVen more. In the
<br />cue of an)' rl~f'r In ony plI.rt of the ..-orld.
<br />Ib~r.. ",'111 aJWll)'S h<' .urpluses. .,ne.., It 111
<br />nner pOMlbl.. to use 100 P<"rc..nt of the cur_
<br />rent of 11'10' river. These IUtur.. ..urplUMI IIP-
<br />pear In ....tlmatea In th.. attached table. but
<br />11.18 ne<'<'&l'lUY to alate Ibat the amOunts
<br />Riven wlU be- the a\'el'1\lo(e 01 numeroua y""TI.
<br />tbat lB. there ...'ill be ye..rs In ...hlch the
<br />aurpl"" from ~he CcmctlOll RI\'er, wnlen
<br />r..""iles the RIO OrandI'. ....1l1 be almoat noth_
<br />Ing ..nd on th.. oth..r hand th..re ...111 t>e
<br />ahundant rean In which. by apllUng5 from
<br />the dlUll&. large surplUllf"S ....111 relloeh the RiQ
<br />Or..nde. The amQunt of 770.000.000 cubiC
<br />m"leu tti24.ooo acr....l~tl Pf'r y..ar which II
<br />glveu. Is tbe avuliS" of the future &urpluoe.
<br />01 m4ny Y"&ra.
<br />In lit" form the National Irrigation Corn-
<br />mlMlon pr~..dfll. with the other trlbutarl....
<br />of the RIo Orand". tnat Is. without taking
<br />Into account th..t they tlow Into Ihe RIO
<br />OrandI'. It tried to mate use of the total 01
<br />us current III the Irrigation of IlUIda of the
<br />baaln of th..ae trlbutarl.... ..ud thua deler-
<br />mlned th.. unavoidable "urpluaea to WhiCh
<br />we r..fu in the c...... of tb.. Collchoa Rivet'.
<br />Tbe nllacht!'d UbiI' "t.ow. numerically th...
<br />form In WhiCh the trnty will operu!! with
<br />rn~t to th.. Rio Orand... Tbl.s tabl.. sbow"
<br />what the virgin current of the Rio Orand..
<br />would be If no ~ Ulltfll. the .....tual con-
<br />aumptlons whIch dlmlnlab a&.ld vIrgin eur-
<br />r..nt. the total luture cona\lmptlolUl which
<br />will dlmlnl.h &aId vl.gin current even more.
<br />And the future surplUl!es whIch wtit r"ult
<br />from d.ducUnlf from the original .mount of
<br />the CUtrHlt the future consumption..
<br />In Its studiO" the National Irrigation Com.
<br />mlssloll haa not procee-de-d by. m..thoda. but
<br />anlll)'U'd Ihe case monlh hy momh of ..ach
<br />year and year by yea~. for a p..rlod of 4~
<br />y..ara.
<br />So tb..n. having msde all the 1mallin.bl..
<br />uu\tZllUona of the watelll 01 th.. trlbutarlea
<br />of th.. Rio Orandl!. In the manner before
<br />n:plalned, ther.. SIIll ..-\11 r..ach the Rio
<br />Orllnde .urpllU!elJ from th..eoe trlhutarlH
<br />WhORl! &gefalle volume for many y..alllla that
<br />glvl!n by thla tahle.
<br />From theM! .urplUII volume. which nach
<br />tb.. RIO Grs.nde, pruce-ed.1n.g from the .llt
<br />trlbutarlea: Conchoa, San Diego. San Rod_
<br />rigo. Escondida. Salado. and Anora de Lu
<br />V...".. RI~"IlI. ....Ith ~n average total contri-
<br />hutlon of 1.423.000.000 ~ublc m..ter. (I.I~.'
<br />600 ..cre-feet! per r..ar. UeIlco br the trl'lloty
<br />......lIlns the third part to the United States.
<br />MeIlCO gu..nnt..u that the volum.. aaslgned
<br />to Ihe UnIted States 1rom thes<!! trlbutartu
<br />"'-1.11 ne\"er h<' I.... tha.n 431,000.000 cubIC
<br />met..n (350,000 acn-Ieet) which Is ..n
<br />amount .llghtly Interior 10 the third pan
<br />of the .verage volume of th.. .urpl~ be.
<br />fore mentIoned.
<br />Why did Me:lleo &allIIn this volume to the
<br />Unltf'd S~..tea?
<br />:8PCause our country baa al1lo'ays .uatalned
<br />the logIcal tbesla tbat th.. ,,'at..r. which flow
<br />In the RIo Orand.. In Its houndIng ll'ectlon
<br />ahowd b.. distributed hy halt..,. between the
<br />t1ll'0 countrIes. and the simple ltrlthmetleal
<br />op..ratton mllde In thla .tatem..nt ..hOWS u.
<br />that by m..anll of thf' .UpulaUom of the
<br />tr..lHy tha i\lrplUll .....t..-r which runs In the
<br />RIO Orande l.s dIVided practically In half be.
<br />t...~n th.. two countrlea. PleM<l note that
<br />In 19'29 our d..l..gatlon mAde an equh'alent
<br />propoattlon In the CIlH of the R!o Orande
<br />and that the Am..rlea.n delegation In that
<br />yearSlltedloravoltlmethr...t1Dletl~eater
<br />thm th..t which tbe preaent trea~y gr..nu It.
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<br />A5107
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<br />Moreov..r. It should be noted that th..
<br />United Statea haa bf'en taJ<lng In all the
<br />,..un yeara a large volume of water trom
<br />the RIO Grandf'. B.ld volume Ia tnfIde up of
<br />w..ler procet!'dlng from the United Sh.tea and
<br />01 ....atf'r proceeillnl{ from our country. It I..
<br />c..lcul.led Ih..t the wu..r proeet'<!lfIIIl trom
<br />our trlbulaTl.... .nd dl~"rt<l'd by the UnIted
<br />Slat.... Ia 9T.Hl():).000 cubic meu-rs (7n.4oo
<br />ttcre-leet). The treaty. cOlUlequently, r..-
<br />due.... the "olume of M.-d'-An wat..rs U!ed by
<br />the United SUItes by halt.
<br />'"1 a1Tt'ATlON oN T"1: 1U0 GRANDI: WJTIIOIlT T"II:
<br />=~
<br />Without the I'lllstence or thla tr..aty. the
<br />.ilUatlOn (JI Mulco With reapeet to the Rio
<br />Grand.. would be the lollowlnll:
<br />(..) With reaP<'et to Its trIbutaries. Mexico
<br />could develop the....me proJectswhlcb II can
<br />execut.. wltb the treaty. but not a slllllle
<br />on.. more.
<br />(bt WIth reepe<:-t to the principal current
<br />ot ~hJ Rio OrandI' dW1ng the lint y.."u.
<br />Me.lOO could contlnue to UkI' the lmIall
<br />volume ...hlch It uaea by Et Rptaroal tor the
<br />lrrtgatlon of IORle 30.000 hectar... (74.100
<br />aerell). The United Statetl ...ou1d contlnue
<br />taking In tlle fInIt y...... a volum.. ot 1,419.-
<br />000.000 cubIc met..~ (1.IMJ,400 ..er..-f....t) for-
<br />the Irrigation of 236.000 hfl:tare.. (~83.2tlO
<br />aereal~ But. and !hI. Ia .. d..dr;l,.e "hut,'.
<br />the Unlled Statu h..d already begun some
<br />Illgantlc ",orb wltb the n..me of Federal
<br />ProJl"Ct No.5. or Rincon, .. proJret ..ppr",'ed
<br />by tlIP American Congreaa whIch "'<mld p..r_
<br />mlt of eltl'T}'lng practlClllly the total of the
<br />"'Blera of the RIo Ornnde to Am..rlcan terrl_
<br />tory....ltll the very rea.sonabl..eoot of '6D.-
<br />000.000. On the RIO Orand.. th",.. haa
<br />e.-Iated '" "rac.."of utllfzatlona on tb.. psrt of
<br />the t.....o eountrl.... 'nil' Untted Statu com-
<br />m..nced Inotalllng a large numbe-r at pump8
<br />for tBil:lng wal... from the Rio Orande.
<br />Mealco, In 1937. began th.. ulle of thHe waters
<br />by opening tbe Imall gra..lty Intake of
<br />Ret..mal. Tbe Unlt..d Stat.... .na.....rlt'd with
<br />the Illgantle ....orlt. of PedpraJ Project No. S. or
<br />Rlne<>n. Mexico would not ha.... recourses
<br />nor physical po6&lbuttl.... for maltIng a.n an_
<br />aw..r to thne worb. ...hleb. aa ...e ....y. would
<br />hi! equlv.l..nt to taking the Rio OrlUlde to
<br />American t..rrltory. The..... "'oru .....-rl>
<br />.uspended at the bf'glnnlnll of thf' pr"",nt
<br />....ar. hut could be nne...e-d on It!! termln.tlon.
<br />vu. arTOAno~ ON nlll &10 DANG., wtTI( 'tin:
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<br />It the truty Ia approved by the Senate
<br />and gce. Into elrect. tbe sltuatlon or J.feIleo
<br />Wltb ....apeet to the wtttfrsof the Rio Ornnde
<br />....m h<' the follOWing:
<br />I. With regard to th.. UII(! Of the current
<br />01 .u the Mulcan trlbutarlea of the Rio
<br />Orande. our country rould earry out n:aetly
<br />the &ame proJ..cta which It would have don..
<br />If there had bfoen no trYatr. That III, th..re
<br />is no Injury to any of the StateR In whlcb
<br />the haslna or these trlhutartl'll are tound.
<br />II. With the treaty 10 elr....,t ltwlll be pos.
<br />Sible to con8truct lnterlllltlonal WlllJI In the
<br />bed of tbe RIO Orande Itself. 1Io'hlch will
<br />fellul.uo through their .tornge the surplu.se.a
<br />....hleh. With a very Irregular reglmfn. now
<br />and wUl !'tow In the futur.. In the bed of the
<br />Rio OrllJlde. Through the use of Ita .-ateu,
<br />M~ltlC(l will be able to IrrJllate In tbe M...I.
<br />can part of the delta of the Rio Orande.
<br />hl~ with ...t-rllOrdlnary futile landa, .n
<br />ana <'BUmated at 245.000 hectare. \605.400
<br />acr",,).
<br />By meal\ll or the tre..ty. tb.. d&n~r tor
<br />lfuico ",Ill dts.appear which wa.a Inlplled In
<br />th.. Feder..1 ProjKt No. S. or Ri,ncon proJe<:t.
<br />which If OOlUitrUCteG by the United Stat", at
<br />the ..nd 01 the ...'ar. 11/111 only be lot e&tl'ylng
<br />the part which rorrnponda to It ollhe waten
<br />Of th.. Rio Orande, and not the tot..1 of ....Id
<br />cutrent.
<br />TIle treaty "'Ill bring the follO"'.lng IIddl.
<br />lIonal .drantllgea for tbe t....Q cOuntrle..:
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