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<br />The Co~~ittee of Fourteen, consisting of two representa-
<br />tives of each of the Governors of the seven Colorado River
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<br />Basin States, Has rcc.onstituted early in 1962 at thl,l request
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<br />of the State Department, and studies were undertaken looking
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<br />toward interim or permanent solutions capable of alleviating
<br />the international problem without sacrificing water resources
<br />of the Basin States. In 1965, with the knowledge and acquies-
<br />cence of the Committee. of Fourteen, the State Department
<br />executed through the U.S. Section of the I.B.W.C., with its
<br />'Mexican counter-part an executive agreement (Minute 218) in
<br />which the United States (while reserving the legal position
<br />of the United States on Mexico's claim that the United States
<br />deliveries were in violation of the Treaty) gave undertakings
<br />which had the effect of delivering to Hexico additional.
<br />quantities of water from above Imperial Dam (50,000 acre-feet)
<br />over and above the million and one-half acre-feet required by
<br />the Treaty. The United States also constructed at its expense
<br />a lined bypass channel allowing Hexico to bypass around Horelos
<br />Darn the most saline Well ton-Mohawk drainage waters. This }linute
<br />remained in effect through 1971 until replaced in July of 1972
<br />by a second agreement (Minute 2~1) which more than dOUbled the
<br />amount of substitution waters (to 118,000 acre-feet) delivered
<br />to Mexico in addition to the Treaty deliveries. Hinute 2~1
<br />continued in effect until 1tinute 2~2 was approved on August 30,
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<br />1973.
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<br />The 19~~ Water Treaty contains no explicit state~ent on
<br />the quality of the waters the United States is obligated to
<br />deliver, but it does provide that the guaranteed 1.5 million
<br />acre-feet shall be "waters of the Coloardo River, from any and
<br />all sources..." (Part III, Art. 10) and that "Such waters shall
<br />be made up of the Haters of said River, "hatever' their origin..."
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