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<br />-2- <br /> <br /><.-:> <br />~) <br />~- <br />{,,',) Ivater by one of the riparian countries that causes damage or loss to <br />-J <br />~ the other riparian party is in itself an act clearly and specifically <br /> <br />condemned by International Law...." Concerned over the effects of high <br /> <br />salinity on the farms of the Mexicali Valley, Mexico continued to press <br /> <br />its case. <br /> <br />B. Steps Taken Toward Resolution of the Problem from 1961 to 1972 <br /> <br />In response to Mexican protests, a series of interim measures were <br /> <br />taken subsequent to 1961. As a result, the water delivered to Mexico <br /> <br />never again reached the peak salinity of that year. <br /> <br />In March 1962, Presidents Kennedy and Lopez Mateos jointly announced <br /> <br />that it was urgent to find a mutually satisfactory solution. In the <br /> <br />years 1962, 1963 and 1964, expedient measures were taken by the <br /> <br />united States to reduce the salinity of <iaters delivered to Mexico. In <br /> <br />1965, the two Governments consummated a five-year agreement, embodied <br /> <br />in Minute No. 218 of the International Boundary and Water Commission <br /> <br />for improvement of the waters delivered to Mexico. <br /> <br />Pursuant to this Minute, the united States engaged in selective <br /> <br />pumping of the ~1ellton-Mohawk drainage wells to alleviate salinity at <br /> <br />the times most critical to Mexico, and constructed a conveyance channel <br /> <br />to facilitate the segregation and bypassing of the Well ton-Mohawk <br /> <br />drainage to the Colorado River below the Mexican diversion facilities <br /> <br />at Morelos Dam. The United States invested approximately $11 million <br /> <br />in these and other related works. In addition, under Minute No. 218, <br /> <br />the Un.ited States l:eleased annually approximately 50,000 acre-feet of <br />