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<br />I <br />- 7 - <br /> <br />q Will this be a reverse osmosis desalting <br /> <br />plant? <br /> <br />N <br />o <br />OJ <br />too.'!' <br /> <br />AHBASSADOR BROWNELL, It .Iill be what they call, <br />a membrane process. <br /> <br />Q That is reverse osmosis. <br /> <br />N.mASSAOOR BROln,ELL: 'That is one type 'of it, <br />there are other types. <br /> <br />Q. ~lr. Brownell, can you spell out the amounts <br />of the three projects? They don't add ,up to 115. <br /> <br />M-lBASSADOR BROWNELL: That is correct, they <br />don't add up. There are certain subsidiary projects such <br />as the purchase of some land in the Wellton-Mohawk irri- <br />gation district to take it out of cultivation and a small <br />expenditure for the imorovement of irrigation practices <br />in that area and it may be necessary to buy up ",ome'land <br />in the area where the pumping will be allowed. <br /> <br />Q This $115 million does not cover tlle purchase <br />program, that is just for that dam? <br /> <br />N>lBASSADOR BROWNELL: No, the 115 covers the <br />whole program. <br /> <br />Q Including the other two projects? <br /> <br />A/1BASSADOR BRm-1NELL: Including the o'ther two <br /> <br />projects. <br /> <br />Q Can you tell us what effect this agreement <br />will have on the quantity cf water available to the <br />southern California water users or the water users of the <br />other six basin states? <br /> <br />ABBASSAOOR BRO\'1NELL: This "Iill. not adversely <br />affect any United States users.- <br /> <br />Q 11hat about waste water? <br /> <br />N>lBASSADOR BROWNELL: The only .,aste water <br />there,will be after this goes into effect,will be the <br />brine water tllat goes down to 'the Gulf of California. <br />This i.s a project that is based on dollars and not on <br />water. I told the western states at the beginning of the <br />I negotiations that nothing would be done and not:ning has <br />.been done as a result of this agreement which would <br />.. adversely affect the orderly development of the western <br />states. There are nO limitations in the agreement which <br />would adversely affect any of the planned programs for <br />the development of the natural reSources of the basin <br />states. <br /> <br />tlORE <br /> <br />