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. o Q:) ~ ~ I I, . . HISTORY OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Continued) "e. Implementation of the measures referred to in point lea) above is subject to the requirement in point 10 of the authorization of the necessary works. "2, The life of Minute 241 shall be terminated upon approval of the present Minute. From September 1, 1973, until the provisions of point lea) become effective, the United States shall discharge to the Colorado River downstream from Morelos Dam, volumes of drainage waters from the Well ton-Mohawk Dis- trict at the annual rate of 118,000 acre-feet (145,551,000 cubic meters) and substitute therefor an equal volume of other waters to be discharged to the Colorado River above Morelos Dam; and, pursuant to the decision of President Echeverria expressed in the Joint Communique of June 17, 1972, the United States shall discharge to the Colorado River downstream from Morelos Dam the drainage waters of the Wellton-Mohawk District that do not form a part of the volumes of drainage waters referred to above, with the understanding that this remaining volume will not be replaced by substitution waters. The Commission shall continue to account for the drainage waters discharged below Morelos Dam as part of Article 10 of the Water Treaty of February 3, 1944. . "3. As a part of the measures referred to in point 1(a), the United States shall extend in its territory the concrete lined Well ton-Mohawk bypass drain from Morelos Dam to the Arizona- Sonora international boundary, and operate and maintain the portions of the Well ton-Mohawk bypass drain located in the United States. "4. To complete the drain referred to in point 3, Mexico, through the Commission and at the expense of the United States, shall construct, operate and maintain an extension of the concrete-lined bypass drain from the Arizona-Sonora inter- national boundary to the Santa Clara Slough of a capacity of 353 cubic feet (10 cubic meters) per second. Mexico shall permit the United States to discharge through this drain to the Santa Clara Slough all or a portion of the Well ton-Mohawk drainage waters, the volumes of brine from such desalting operations in the United States as are carried out to imple- ment the Resolution of this Minute, and any other volumes of brine which Mexico may agree to accept. It is understood that no radioactive material or nuclear wastes shall be discharged through this drain, and that the United States shall acquire no right to navigation, servitude or easement by reason of the existence of the drain, nor other legal rights, except as expressly provided in this point. 26