WSP04563 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

. . . o 00 ~ "-'1 HISTORY OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Continued) "5. Pending the conclusion by the Governments of the United States and Mexico of a comprehensive agreement on ground water in the border areas, each country shall limit pumping of ground waters in its territory within five miles (eight kilometers) of the Arizona-Sonora boundary near San Luis to 160,000 acre-feet (197,358,000 cubic meters) annually. "6. With the objective of avoiding future problems, the United States and Mexico shall consult with each other prior to undertaking any new development of either the surface or the ground water resources, or undertaking substantial modifi- cations of present developments, in its own territory in the border area that might adversely affect the other country. "7. The United States will support efforts by Mexico to obtain appropriate financing on favorable terms for the im- provement and rehabilitation of Mexicali Valley. The United States will also provide nonreimbursable assistance on a basis mutually acceptable to both countries exclusively for those aspects of the Mexican rehabilitation program of the Mexicali Valley relating to the salinity problem, including tile drain- age. In order to comply with the above-mentioned purposes, both countries will undertake negotiations as soon as possible. "8. The United States and Mexico shall recognize the under- takings and understandings contained in this Resolution as constituting the permanent and definitive solution of the salinity problem referred to in the Joint Communique of Presi- dent Richard Nixon and President Luis Echeverria dated June 17, 1972. "9. The measures required to implement this Resolution shall be undertaken and completed at the earliest practical date. "10, This minute is subject to the express approval of both Governments by exchange of Notes, It shall enter into force upon such approval; Provided, however, That the provisions which are dependent for their implementation on the construc- tion of works or on other measures which require expenditure of funds by the United States, shall become effective upon the notification by the United States to Mexico of the authoriza- tion by the United States Congress of said funds, which will be sought promptly." The passage of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, Public Law 93-320, on June 24, 1974, authorized construction of the Yuma desalting plant and other works necessary for the United States to comply with the provisions of Minute 242. 27