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<br />f'-' <br />w <br />o <br />w <br /> <br />September and the first week of December, 1972, to consider proposed <br /> <br />solutions and discuss corr~on responses to measu~es under consideration <br /> <br />by the Federal Task Force. <br /> <br />During the tiMe that inter-state coordination was being <br />ac,;omplished, there ~vere many discussions held within California <br />on the Mexican salinity problem and proposed solutions. Because <br />of the water quality aspects of the Mexican salinity problem, the <br />State Water Resources Control Board showed considerable interest <br /> <br />in the possible solutions. Late in November, a meeting was held <br /> <br /> <br />between r~. Brownell and his staff and Secretary of Resources <br /> <br /> <br />Livermore, State Water Resources Control Board Chairman Adams, <br /> <br /> <br />Director of Water rresources Gianelli, Deputy Director of Water <br /> <br />rresources Teerink and myself. <br /> <br />Course of Investi~ation <br /> <br />The Federal Task Force aud Mr. Brownell considered all possible <br />measures that could be taken with respect to the Mexican salinity <br />problem - legal, political, and technical. The legal matters <br />included the respective responsibilities of the United States in <br />delivering water pursuant to the Mexican Water Treaty and of Mexico <br />in receiving \later from the United States. Consideration was given <br />to relevant factors involved in international law as well as the <br /> <br />compacts, court decisions and water contracts in the United States., <br /> <br />The political aspects included the interests of the seven <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin states in the solution, the probable reaction <br />o~ the Federal Government and Congress to possible measures, and <br /> <br />related matters. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />,;>, '<-, ;,~_..i..< '0 -;~'~'~_'~"u .a;.,'n <br />