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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 />Under Minute No. 242; the Commission is continuing, its program for exchange of groundwater <br />data for the major groundwater basins lying partly in the United States and partly in Mexico, <br />including the Colorado River delta area. The objective is to exchange hydrologic, geologic and <br />water quality data from either country to both Sections of the Commission to enable evaluation of <br />the conditions of the international groundwater basins. <br /> <br />Consultations and New Developments in the Reeion <br /> <br />Point 6 of Minute No. 242 provides that: <br /> <br />". . . . . the United States and Mexico shall consult with each other prior to <br />undertaking any new development of either the surface or the groundwater <br />resources, or undertaking substantial modifications of present developments, in its <br />own territory in the border area that might adversely affect the other country." <br /> <br />The United States consulted with Mexico concerning a proposal by the U.S. Department of the <br />interior for interim guidelines go~emi!!gsu!]Jlus waterin the Lower Colorado River Basin, however, <br />the excess of total United States consumptive use was not included. The interim period is for 15 <br />years and would allow the state of California to reduce its Colorado River diversions to its nonnal <br />allocation gradually. <br /> <br />The United States and Mexico concluded IBWC Minute No. 306, "Conceptual Framework for U.S. <br />- MX Studies for Future Recommendations Concerning the Riparian and Estuarine Ecology ofthe <br />Limitrophe Section of the Colorado River and its Associated Delta," dated December 2000. Minute <br />No. 306 provides a frame work of cooperation for future recommendations concerning the ecology <br />of the Colorado River Delta. <br /> <br />Acknowled~ment <br /> <br />We acknowledge the full cooperation ofthe United States Department ofthe Interior and the United <br />States Bureau of Reclamation, which enabled compliance with the 1944 Water Treaty and the <br />salinity agreement with Mexico, as reported herein, with appreciation. <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Carlos M. Ramirez, PE <br />Commissioner <br /> <br />9 <br />