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<br />J. ~lexican Water Trenty.. Thi" Treaty providea in Article If): <br /> <br />"Of the. waters of the Colonlllo River, [rom nny and all <br />fiource6, there are allotted to r\c'x1co: <br /> <br />"(0) A guaranteed annual quantity of 1,';(1(1,000 acre-feet... <br /> <br />"(b) .., in sny year in which, as determined by the <br />United Stntes Section, there exillts a surplus of <br />wsterE1..., the United States undertakes to deliver to <br />~Iexico.. .additional waterll of the Colorado Hiver ~;ystem <br />to provide n total quantIty not to exceed 1, 7()f), (lOO <br />acre-feet a yeAr.... In the event of e,.:traordj nary Jrollglit <br />or serious accident.. .rnal<1nr, it difficult to df'livpr tile <br />gllar.1.ntecu qunntity t. " clip. water allott('.d to ~1ex.1co.. .wi 11 <br />be reduced 1n the same proportioll ns con~;umrtlvc UReH ill <br />the United StateR arc reduced." <br /> <br />I,. !=olorndo River Ston~ce_l'roject Act. The Colorndo River <br />Storafle Project Act (CRSP) provides for the development of water for <br />conRumptivc use witll1n the Upper Basin, control of floodR, an(i as an <br />incident thereto, the production of electrical energy. SectIon 7 <br />further provides that the operation of Cr.SP pmlerplants be integrated <br />witb ,,11 other Federal poverplants ".. .to produce the p;reatest practical <br />amount of firm pover and energy that can be aold "t firm power and <br />energy rates...." Section 8 authorizes the inclusIon of facilities <br />for ueveJopment of recreation and mitigation and. enhancement of fish and <br />wildlife. On thIs oasis, minimum flows for fish and recre"Uon below <br />Lake Po.,e 11 have been es tablished . <br /> <br />5. I.ake I'lead Flood Control. Acconlinr. to ti,e Flood Control ^ct <br />of ].}~i, (51; Stat. 890), it is the duty of the Secretllrv of Har to <br />rr~Acril)e ruleR for the UB~ of flood control Rll;lCC on Fedcrill llro.lectu. <br />Flood c.ontrol c.riteria for the URe of up to 5,1:,n,OOn acre--feet in <br />1....1ke ~1eBd h.1ve heen estAblished and nre contl11ned tn the Peder.1.l <br />ee~istcr (Vol. JJ, No. 147, July 3n, 1968). <br /> <br />6. !=riterill for CoordInated Lo~-r\i'.!'J3_c Ope_rut0!'-----"}_~_olor"__"__o Ri~~,!, <br />r.eBcrvoirR. These criteria control the opcrntion of lower .1nd upper <br />'colorad';-iiiver reservoirs, in accordance wi l.h the applicahle legal <br />background. Specificslly the criteria stat" (h.,t "... the plan... shall <br />reflect appropriate consideration of the uses of the reservoirs for <br />all purposes, including flood control, river regula ti on, beneficia 1 <br />consumptive URC, power production, wC3ter quality control, rccreatJon, <br />enhancement of fish and wildlife an,l other environmental factor,;." <br /> <br />3 <br />