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<br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in Washington, D.C., May 2, 1989.
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<br />Herbert Brownell and Samuel D. Eaton, "The Colorado River Salinity Problem with
<br />Mexico," American Journal of International Law, 69 (April 1975), p. 260.
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<br />15. Interview with Michael J. Clinton, op. cit.
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<br />16. Interview with Wesley Steiner, former Director, Ariwna Dc!partment of Water Resources
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<br />17. Burt Schorr, "Interior Agency Pushes Desalting to Smooth Troubled U.S.cMexican
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<br />18. Interview with Michael J. Clinton, op. cit.
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<br />19. "Mexico's President-An Outspoken Visitor," U.S. News and World Report, LXXII
<br />(June 26, 1972), p. 82.
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<br />20. The plan to achieve 80 percent on-farm irrigation efficiency called for the use of
<br />advanced irrigation systems-sprinkler, drip, and bubbler-that had not been widely
<br />field-tested in 1972. The Subgroup stressed that the 80 percent figure was a goal, subject
<br />to revision upon further systems testing. But the optimism of the scientists in the group
<br />proved justified: the project efficiency of Wellton-Mohawk peaked at 77 percent in
<br />1985, and the volume of return flows dropped to 118,500 acre-feet (54 percent of the
<br />volume in late 1972).
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<br />Unfortunately, there is currently no active program to promote irrigation efficiency in
<br />the District; funding for the Bureau of Reclamation's Irrigation Management' Services
<br />Program ceased in 1987, when the on-farm management programs were scheduled to be
<br />turned over to the Wellton-Mohawk District. According to Interior's draft report, Title
<br />I Program, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, released in May 1991, irrigation
<br />efficiency has declined to about 60 percent and continues to decrease. Return flow
<br />volumes have risen to 140,000 acre-feet. As of this writing, Reclamation is assessing
<br />the causes of this deterioration-which bears on the size of the desalting plant-and
<br />possible solutions.
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<br />The report of Herbert Brownell to the President is reprinted in Hearings on Salinity
<br />Control Measures on the Colorado River (S. 2940 and related bills), before the
<br />Subcommittee on Water and Power, Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate,
<br />93rd Cong., 2nd sess., 1974.
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