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tv c..,.) ("J') ('.) J-: . . permit Mexico to reduce to a minimum her requirement for addi- tional water during these two months. Mexico's ordering of additional quantities of water during January has had beneficial results other than improving the quality of water being delivered to Mexico. Requirements for irrigation water in the United states during December have been at an extremely low level as a result of several weeks of damp, cold weather. As a result of the curtailed releases from Parker Dam, because of the low irrigation requirements, it was necessary to reduce releases from Davis Dam in like amounts in order to maintain flood control space in Havasu Lake behind Parker Dam. As a consequence of these extreme reductions in releases the power production at these dams was sharply curtailed, resulting in potential inability to deliver contract quantities of power and energy from Davis and Parker Powerp1ants. To meet these contract commitments, it became necessary to draw on an interchange credit account in Lake Mead to such an extent that this account was nearly depleted. The increased releases from parker to meet the new schedule of deliveries to Mexico along with the normal increase in deliver- ies to other users below Parker Dam resulted in our again being able to meet our power and energy delivery commitments within the limits of the power interchange account in Lake Mead. In summary, the Bureau of Reclamation is operating the system of dams and reservoirs on the Colorado River in the lower basin in accord with acts of Congress, in accord with power and water contracts written under provisions of those acts, and in accord with the provisions of the Treaty with Mexico. To operate the river in a different manner would require revision of the acts of Congress, the contracts, or the Treaty." 2. Comments. Recent newspaper articles have kept members of the Colo- rado Water Conservation Board and others throughout the state in- terested in the development of our water resources familiar with the recent problems that have arisen in regard to the 1944 Treaty between the united States and the Republic of Mexico. The Colorado River Water Users Association, an organization of the seven Colo- rado River Basin states, became as extremely concerned as we in Colorado are, and to that end called a meeting of the Board of Directors for January 5, 1962, and held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although not a member of the Board of Directors of this Association, the Acting Director of the State Water Board felt that this prob- lem was of sufficient concern to warrant attendance and was present " Information Bulletin #18 -5- January l2, 1962 .L~ t,; l?j~