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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />-. <br />I <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I ' <br />I . <br />Subsequent negotiations c",...inRted in a treaty which was signed by <br />representatives of the United States and Mexico February 3, 1944. <br />The treaty became effective on November 8, 1945, af'ter ratification <br />by the United States Senate on April 18, 1945. <br />Thems.x1mum acreage served :!'ran the Colorado River prior to <br />the closure of Hoover Dam in 1935 was i91,400 acres in 1928, which <br />bad dropped to a lovof 69,900 acres in 1932, and was 156,600 in <br />1934, the last year be1'ore closure. Since November of 1950 when <br />operations under the treaty were started, the annual quantity of <br />water delivered to Mexico bas ranged 1'ran about 1,780,000 acre-feet <br />to about 10, 186,000 acre-feet. The actual smoWlt of this water <br />put .to use is not known. <br /> <br />16 <br />