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. . . ,- N tv _ ., HISTORY OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT shall continue to account for the drainage waters discharged below Marelas Dam as part of Article 10 of the Water Treaty of February 3. 1944. "3. As a part of the measures referred to in point 1 (a) . the United States shall extend in its territory the concrete- lined Well ton-Mohawk bypass drain from Harelas Dam to the Arizona-Sonora international boundary, and operate and maintain the portions of the Wellton-Hohawk bypass drain located in the United States. "4. To complete the drain referred to in point 3. ~exico. through the Commission and at the expense of the United States, shall construct, operate and maintain an extension of the concrete-lined bypass drain from the Arizona-Sonora international boundary to the Santa Clara Slough of a capacity of 353 cubic feet (10 cubic meters) per second. Mexico shall permit the United States to discharge through this drain to the Santa Clara Slough all or a portion of the Well ton-Mohawk drainage waters, the volumes of brine from such desalting opera~ions in the United States as are carried out to implement the Reso- lution of this Minute. and any other volumes of brine which Mexico may agree to accept. It is understood that no radio- active material or nuclear wastes shall be discharged through this drain, and that the United States shall acquire no right to navigation. servitude or easement by reason of the existence of the drain, nor other legal rights, except as expressly provided in this point. "5. Pending the conclusion by the Governments of the United States and Mexico of a comprehensive agreement on ground water in the border areas, each country shall limit pumping of ground waters in its territory Within five miles (eight kilometers) of the Arizona-Sonora boundary near San Luis to 160,000 acre- feet (197.358.000 cubic meters) annually. "6. With the objective of avoiding future problems, the United States and Mexico shall consult with each other prior to under- taking any new development of either the surface or the ground water resources, or undertaking substantial modifications of present developments. in its o~n territory in the border area that might adversely affect the other country. "7. The United States will suppOrt efforts by :1exico to obtain appropriate financing on favorable terms for the improvement and rehabilitation of Xexicali Valley. The United States will also provide nonrei~bursable assistance on a basis mutually acceptable to both countries exclusively for those aspects of the Mexican rehabilitation program of the Mexicali Valley 24