WSP01132

• File Number: 8278.400
• Description: Title I - Mexican Treaty
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/15/1944
• Author: Six States Committee
• Title: The Pending Mexican Treaty - A Sound Solution of a Difficult Problem
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

-43-

structed simultaneously. The lowest major interna-
tional storage dam shall be completed within a
period of eight years from the date of the entry into
force of this Treaty.

The construction of the dams and other joint
works required for the diversion of the flows of
the river shall be initiated on the dates recom-
mended by the Commission and approved by the
two Governments.

The cost of construction, operation and main-
tenance of each of the international storage dams
shall be prorated between the two Governments in
proportion to the capacity allotted to each country
for conservation purposes in the reservoir at such
dam.

The cost of construction, operation and mainte-
nance of each of the dams and other joint works
required for the diversion of the flows of the river
shall be prorated between the two Governments in
proportion to the benefits which the respective coun-
tries receive therefrom, as determined by the Com-
mission and approved by the two Governments.

ARTICLE 6

The Commission shall study, investigate, and
prepare plans for flood control works, where and
when necessary, other than those referred to in
Article 5 of this Treaty, on the Rio Grande (Rio
Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of
Mexico. These works may include levees along the
river, floodways and grade-control structures, and
works for the canalization, rectification and arti-
ficial channeling of reaches of the river. The Com-
mission shall report to the two Governments the