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<br />.',.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A REPORT ON SALINITY OPERATIONS <br />OF THE COLORADO RIVER UNDER MINUTE NO. 242 <br />FOR THE PERIOD <br /> <br />January 1, 1986 - December 31, 1986 <br /> <br />This report presents the results of operations during the twelfth full <br />calendar year from January 1, 1986' through December 31, 1986, under the <br />agreement with Mexico, entitled, "Permanent and Definitive Solution to the <br />International Problem of the Salinity of the Colorado River", incorporated in <br />Minute 242 dated August 30, 1973, of the International Boundary and Water <br />Commission, United States and Mexico. The operations began on June 25, 1974, <br />immediately following approval of the Enabling Legislation, Public Law 93-320. <br /> <br />This report is based upon the records of flows and salinities secured jointly <br />by the United States and Mexican Sections of the International Boundary and <br />Water Commission, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Geological <br />Survey. Locations and features referred to in this report are shown on the <br />map, Exhibit 1. <br /> <br />The records show that the United States operstions were in compliance with the <br />agreement in Minute No. 242. <br /> <br />The Salinity Differential <br /> <br />Minute No. 242 provides in Point 1 that. <br /> <br />"The United States ahall adopt measures to assure that ... the <br />approximately 1,360,000 acre-feet (1,677,545,000 cubic meters) delivered <br />to Mexico upstream of Morelos Dam have an annual average salinity of no <br />more than 115 ppm ~ 30 ppm U.S. count (121 ppm ~ 30 ppm Mexican count) <br />over the annual average salinity of Colorado River waters which arrive at <br />Imperial Dam..." <br /> <br />The records show that during calendar year 1986. <br /> <br />1) Scheduled deliveries of water of the Colorado River in the quantity of <br />1,700,000 acre-feet were made to Mexico in 1986 in accordance with <br />Article 10 of the 1944 Treaty consisting of 1,575,171 acre-feet in the <br />river bed above Morelos Dam and 124,829 acre-feet across the land boundary <br />near San Luis, Arizona and in the limitrophe section of the river below <br />Morelos Dam. <br /> <br />Other waters arriving at the Mexican points of diversion amounted to <br />9,113,730 acre-feet, consisting mainly of Colorado River floodwaters <br />released from upstream reservoirs. <br />