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<br />~ <br /> <br />,-,,' <br /> <br />colorado River. Although Mexico has accepted this water for <br /> <br />salinity of the Well ton-Mohawk drainage waters under the new <br /> <br />agreement, Mexico has agreed that other drainage waters below <br /> <br />Imperial Dam will continue to be accepted as part of the U.S. <br /> <br />Treaty obligation. <br /> <br />In summary, negotiators believe that the <br /> <br />concessions made by the United States are in terms of money, not <br /> <br />water. However, this is not entirely true, as the 43,000 acre- <br /> <br />feet per year reject stream from the desalting plant will not be <br /> <br />included as part of the 1,500,000 acre-foot obligation and will <br /> <br />have to be replaced. <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin states considered that the agree- <br /> <br />ment with Mexico was entered into largely on the basis of inter- <br /> <br />national comity and that the Colorado River Basin states should <br /> <br />not be expected to bear any greater burden as a result of the new <br /> <br />agreement with Mexico than that to be borne by the rest of the <br /> <br />nation. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />states had problems at home. <br /> <br />The Env~ronmental Protection Agency was pushing hard for <br />. <br /> <br />numerical limitations on salinity at each of the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin state boundaries. <br /> <br />This was unacceptable to the Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin states, and particularly to the states of the upper <br /> <br />division, where the quality of the waters was relatively high and <br /> <br />-19- <br /> <br />. <br />