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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />During 1994, the YDP continued to be on standby status while the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />reviewed alternatives for complying with the salinity differential. <br /> <br />Groundwater <br /> <br />Point 5 of Minute No. 242 provides that: <br /> <br />"Pending the conclusion by the Governments of the United States and <br />Mexico of a comprehensive agreement on groundwater in the border areas, <br />each country shall limit pumping of ground waters in its territory within five <br />miles (eight kilometers) of the Arizona-Sonora boundary near San Luis to <br />160,000 acre.feet (197,358,000 cubic meters) annually." <br /> <br />In 1994, Mexico's pumping from its San Luis Mesa well field located within eight kilometers (five <br />miles) of the boundary near San Luis amounted to 76,281,000 cubic meters (61,841 acre-feet). The <br />annual volumes pumped from 1975 through 1994 are tabulated as follows: <br /> <br /> ANNUAL VOLUME PUMPED <br />YEAR (THOUSAND CUBIC METERS) (ACRE-FEEl) <br />197.5 131,030 106,227 <br />1976 120,722 97,870 <br />1977 1.59,90.5 129,636 <br />1978 121,172 98,23.5 <br />1979 29,063 23,.562 <br />1980 17,73.5 14,378 <br />1981 148,742 120,.586 <br />1982 162,498 131,738 <br /> . <br />1983 22,437 18,190 <br />1984 8,963 7,266 <br />198.5 37,373 30,299 <br />1986 13,308 10,789 <br />1987 64,4.53 .52,2.53 <br />1988 1.57,374 127,.58.5 <br />1989 173,551 140,700 <br />1990 167,848 136,077 <br />1991 153,227 124,223 <br />1992 81,374 6.5,971 <br />1993 7,237 · 5,867 · <br />1994 76,281 61,841 <br /> <br />· The reduced pumping is due to excess delivery from the Gila River flood flows. <br /> <br />6 <br />