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<br />-6- <br /> <br />(:7) <br />,-::J <br />~ <br />CO reduction of about 100 parts per rri.Uion in t:he quality of the waters <br />-..1 <br />-J made availilbJ.e to Mexico as compared to 197.1. <br /> <br />In making these special arrangements both govern~ents reserved all <br /> <br />rights under the Water Treaty and the general principles of Law. <br /> <br />D. The Proposal for a Definitive Solution <br /> <br />In accordance with the Joint Communique, President Nixon on August 16, <br /> <br />1972 announced Herbert Brownell as his Special Representative for the <br /> <br />Resolution of the Salinity Problem .dth Nexico. He was assisted by an <br /> <br />interagency Task Force consisting of representatives of the Department of <br /> <br />State, the Department of the Interior, the united States Section of the <br /> <br />International Boundary and Water Commission, the u.S. Army Corps of <br /> <br />Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Council on Environ- <br /> <br />mental Quality, the Office of Science and Technology, the Office of <br /> <br />l1anagement and Budget, and the Domestic Council. The Department of <br /> <br />Agriculture provided technical advice. <br /> <br />Beginning September 7, 1972, the Task Force met regularly and <br /> <br />considered systematically all el~nents of the problem and proceeded <br /> <br />to develop possible permanent solutions to the problem. On the basis <br /> <br />of the Task Force studies, a recommendation was drawn by Ambassador <br /> <br />Brownell for a definitive solution to the problem. <br /> <br />Ambassador Brownell presented his recommendation to President Nixon <br /> <br />on December 28, 1972. He recommended that a desalting facility be <br /> <br />constructed to treat a major portion of the Wellton-Nohawk drainage flow <br /> <br />and the reject brine from the plant not be charged as a part of the <br />