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<br />Introduction <br /> <br />IN ord" to m.ke a worthwhile appraisal of the position which should be uken with regard to the <br />ratification of the proposed treaty with Mexico ir is necessary to consider (I) the question of the <br />necessity for, or desirability of, making .ny treaty with Mexico at this time: (2) the quesrion of <br />the amount of water which the United States, with proper regard for the situation both in this countty <br />and Mexico. should agree to permit to flow into Mexico: (3) the question of the propriety and <br />adequacy of the method of controlling and administering the stream at the boundaries so as to give <br />effect to the treaty and protect the rights of the two nations, <br /> <br />The objections to the proposed tceaty have come almost entitely ftom those intecested in the <br />Colorado River and accordingly this memorandum will consider only the general provisions of the <br />treaty and those special provisions affecting the Colorado River, <br /> <br />A Fair Approach To the Problem Can Only Be Made Upon the Basis That <br />Mexico Is Entitled To A Share Of the Flow Of the Colorado River <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin romprises 242,000 square miles in the United Stares and 2,000 <br />square miles in Mexico, In the United Sutes. pOrlions of the states of Arizona, California. Colorado, <br />Nevada, New Mexico. Utah, and Wyoming ace drained hy the Colorado River and its rributaries, <br />The basin area in each of the statE'S is as follows: <br /> <br />Arizona __..............__n..__.....__....__o <br /> <br />California .....u....uu....'uu...,.....u. <br /> <br />Colorado u..."..u'..u....,......,......,. <br /> <br />Nevada ....u...,.u....,.......,.............. <br />New Mexico ___....__.....___....__....u... <br /> <br />Utah .....__....u...'u....,.....,..___...,'.. <br /> <br />Wyoming ....,..........,....___..."__."'.. <br /> <br />1 03.000 <br />6,000 <br />39,000 <br />]2,000 <br />23,000 <br />40.000 <br />19,000 <br /> <br />square miles <br />.. .. <br />.. .. <br />.. .. <br />.. .. <br />.. .. <br />.. .. <br />.. .. <br /> <br />Total ..___............___...___........ 242,000 <br /> <br />The average annual vIrgIn run-off of the Colorado River system at the Mexican boundary <br />has been made up of conrributions by the states in the following percentages of the total: <br /> <br />Arizona .. _ __ _._... _ uO" __ n.... h..... ___..... _ __ n. _ uO... __ n. ___. <br /> <br />Ca lifornia ......., __..... u...........,,'.........................'. <br /> <br />Colorado ................. .,.___.....__.....u.........,......,...... <br /> <br />Nevada ............. ..................__............u.........,..... <br /> <br />New Mexico .,.....,...:.....u.....__.........................,.. <br /> <br />Utah ...........__..................................................... <br /> <br />Wyoming ... .......... ......__.. ,..___..__.....,......,............ <br /> <br />7.8% <br />0,0% <br />64.5'% <br />1.1% <br />1.7% <br />13,3% <br />11.6% <br /> <br />3 <br />