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<br /> <br />The Bureau has installed fourteen wells northerly from the <br />border within the fhe-mile limit and more .....ell!; are to come. A <br />eonert'te channel i.... under con....truction that will take the emuent <br />into Mexico on the di....chlUKt' ~ide of tht:" Boundary pumping plant <br />OWnt-d and opt..ratl.od hy Yuma County Water Us.ers Association. <br />Thi.<; WatN will bt' part of lhl' 1.500.000 aert' fet't of Mexico en- <br />titlt'nwnt. <br /> <br />Mt'J.:wlI i... still pumpill~ from its San Lui... well field. most of <br />which i.... within five milt'S of the border. Only Iht. watN produn.d <br />by wtolls wit hill five-milt's of the border. on either side. count toward <br />tht:" 160,c_){) acre feet limitation for each nation, <br /> <br />(luality Impro\'emt>nt. Wt"lIton.Mohawk <br /> <br />,\1ean.....hile. had at Ihl;' ralll'h. \\'dll()Il+~t()hawk drainagl;' well <br />waler impro\"l'(l in quality from f);)(J(J ppm salts in 1!:H}J 10 :J800 ppm <br />in J97;J or approximately 22~ ppm pt'r yt'ar. and 10 aliO() ppm in 1976 <br />or approximatdy 50 ppm pN ~'ear. It i.. possiblt. that the predictt'd <br />"nattl'ninl': outU has fwgun. However. qualily of drain water will proba- <br />hly bt, j:::rt'ally a(ft"("tt'd by tht, presenl proRf"am of acreage r!;'ducl ion, <br /> <br />Quality Detl'rioration. Colorado Hin"r <br /> <br />Al...o, Ihe quality of Colorado Hiwr watN i~ I':etting worse. This <br />i... a subjel'1 all of lis o.....n. Salinity ill(.rt'a....t..-i as Ihe water ('on1l:S down <br />the skarn. TIlt' increase al Imperial Dam was from b11:J ppm in W4.') <br />10 8fl4 in 1970 and down 10 H2o ppm in H177. It is predicted Ihat, if <br />nothing is done to stop it. J:J\)(l ppm will he reached by the year :WOO. <br />Title II uf PuhlI{" La" 9:J-:t!O alllhorizt11lhe in\"t'sti~PitiOll of thi!> prob- <br />It'm and ll1an~' millions will prohahly ht;> spt"nl in rt;"(ludnj::: salinity or <br />cau...inf; it 10 slahililt., This prohlt'm, of cour;w', affeds all di\'l'rH.rs on <br />the rin>r. nol rner('l~. W{'1lIon-~10hawk. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />