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<br />the provisions of the following paragraphs of this
<br />Article.
<br />(b) Of the waters of the Colorado River al-
<br />lotted to Mexico by subparagraph (a) of Article 10
<br />of this Treaty, the llnited States shall deliver, wher-
<br />ever such waters may arrive in the limitrophe sec-
<br />tion of the river, 1,000,000 acre-feet (1,233,489,000
<br />cubic meters) annually from the time the Davis
<br />dam and reservoir are placed in operation until
<br />January 1, 1980 and thereaftel' 1,125,000 acre-feet
<br />(1,387,675,000 cubic meters) annually, except that
<br />should the main diversion structure referred to in
<br />subparagraph (a) of Article 12 of this Treaty be
<br />located entirely in Mexico and should Mexico so
<br />request, the United States shall deliver a quantity
<br />of water not exceeding 25,000 acre-feet (30,837,000
<br />cubic meters) annually, unless a larger quantity
<br />may be mutually agreed upon, at a point, to be like-
<br />wise mutually agreed upon, on the international
<br />land boundary near San Luis, Sonora, in which
<br />event the quantities of 1,000,000 acre-feet (1,233,-
<br />489,000 cubic meters) and 1,125,000 acre-feet (1,387,-
<br />675,000 cubic meters) provided hereinabove as de-
<br />liverable in the limitrophe section of the river shall
<br />be reduced by the quantities to be delivered in the
<br />year concerned near San Luis, Sonora.
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<br />(c) During the period from the time the Davis
<br />dam and reservoir are placed in operation until
<br />January 1, 1980, the United States shall also deliver
<br />to Mexico annually, of the water allotted to it,
<br />500,000 acre-feet (616,745,000 cubic meters), and
<br />thereafter the United States shall deliver annually
<br />375,000 acre-feet (462,558,000 cubic meters) at the
<br />international boundary line, by means of the All-
<br />American Canal and a canal connecting the lower
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