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<br />" <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~, 1. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />8. <br /> <br />r< <br />'/~;I <br />J't'1 <br />I <br /> <br />Notes <br /> <br /> <br />Costs are given in current dollars. According to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, <br />desalted product water from the Yuma plant will cost $728 per acre-foot (October 1991 <br />dollars); the cost quoted for the blended water is the author's estimate. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />The negotiations leading to this compromise are summarized in Myron B. Holburt's <br />article, "International Problems of the Colorado River," Natural Resources Journal, 15 <br />(January 1975), pp. 11-13. <br /> <br />'1" <br />\ ' <br />~~i <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />For a brief, authoritative history of the dispute, see former Ambassador Friedkin's essay, <br />"The International Problem with Mexico over the Salinity of the LOwer Colorado River, " <br />in Water and the American West: Essays in Honor of Raphael J. Moses, ed. David H. <br />Getches. <br /> <br />, ,~~ <br />, . .,~; <br /> <br />~;~ <br />~~; <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />See Myron B. Holburt, op. dt., pp. 13-14 for a synopsis of the legislative history of <br />treaty ratification. <br /> <br />~,1 <br />" k;~ <br /> <br />), <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />Several former members of the Committee of Fourteen credit Steve Reynolds, New <br />Mexico's long-time representative to the Committee, with introducing the concept of <br />equivalent salt balance; but his handwritten note by the paragraph in the draft report on <br />the origin of the concept reads: "Raymond Hill-long before '60!" ' <br /> <br />'.~ <br />tti <br /> <br />~{ <br />" ~~ <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />Steve Reynolds's notes on the draft report indicate that he believed gravity drains rather <br />than pumps should have been installed at Wellton-Mohawk, and that the project would <br />never reach salt balance as long as drainage was pumped. According' to Bureau of <br />Reclamation staff, when return' flows are reduced to 108,000 acre-feet as called for in <br />the Title I Definite Plan Report, Wellton-Mohawk will achieve approximate salt balance <br />within four or five years. <br /> <br />';'-"\~. <br />.. ",'. <br />" .~~ <br />,', <br /> <br />, <br />. ..~j <br />~~ <br /> <br />Myron B. Holburt, "The Mexican Water Treaty and Its Relationship to Colorado Water' <br />Supplies." Paper presented to the California Water Resources Association, Coronado, <br />California, August 11, 1972, p. 7. <br /> <br />"'~ <br /> <br />Ibid., p. 9. <br /> <br />, '::JJ <br />f.r<; <br />\;(;,; <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />9. Office of the Federal Register, "Visit of President Echeverria of Mexico," Weekly <br />Compilation of Presidential Documents, 8 (June 19, 1972), p. 1058. <br /> <br />10. Steve Reynolds's notes say: "No!" He apparently believed the water substituted for <br />bypassed Wellton-Mohawk drainage should have been Arizona's responsibility. <br /> <br />11. Friedkin, op. dt., p. 48. <br />