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<br />~. <br /> <br />Rio Grande <br /> <br />1. As for the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman. the <br />treaty in effect divides the waters about equally between <br />the two countries. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />2. More important than this, the treaty provides for <br />the building of storage reservoirs which will control floods, <br />and by impounding the flood waters will make available for <br />beneficial use in both countries an average of approximately <br />4,000,000 acre feet of water annually which now is wasting <br />unused into the Gulf of Mexico at times in the form of dam- <br />aging and disastrous floods. By making use of this flood <br />water, not only are existing uses in both countries amply pro- <br />tected and flood damages practically eliminated but a sub- <br />stantial expansion of uses in both countries will be permitted. <br />International storage is the only practicable solution of this <br />problem of recurring floods and droughts in the lower Rio <br />Grande Valley, and it goes without saying that no such <br />international storage is possible without a treaty. <br /> <br />Tijuana River <br /> <br />1. While the water supply of the Tijuana River is <br />limited, it is important to communities both in California <br />and Mexico. The treaty permits of the orderly development <br />and equitable distribution of the waters of this stream by <br />storage, conservation and flood control. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />~ <br />\ <br />, , <br /> <br />Jurisdiction of the Commission <br /> <br />Certain of the few opponents of the treaty, who come <br />principally from a single state, casting about for some <br />grounds to discredit the treaty, have raised the specter of <br />a violation of states' rights, and paint the International <br /> <br />7 <br />