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<br />':i.lo cc,r:n.:,le"ue -l:",;~:8 -:'lJ.~~.ilJ. r2ferr8( to i~:~ p0::_nt 3, IJJ8xico,
<br />througi-, the Co:nmi,ss.:_on a'.ld at t,he e}:)8:.1se of Uee United
<br />Sta.tes, :;hall C0:13t!"'UC~, o:;:'2rrtte anj. m.::tintain ai1 extension
<br />of the concr",te-L.ned byr.3s~.; dr'l.in from the Arizona-Sonora
<br />int,ern'ttional bS1.mdary to the Santa CIClra Slough of a
<br />capac".ty of 353 cubic feGt (10 cubic meters) per second.
<br />Hexico shall permit t,he Unit8d States to discharge through
<br />this d::-ain to the Santa ClaTa Slough all or a portion of
<br />the Wellton-IIohawk drai.nage Haters, the volume of brine
<br />from such c.esaltinr; ope,:,ations in the United States as are
<br />carried out to impJ.sment t,he Hesolution of this Minute, and
<br />any other yolum9s of brine which I'lexico may agree to accept.
<br />It is understood that no radioactive material or nuclear
<br />v!c:stes shall be discharged through this drain, and that the
<br />United States shall 2cql~ire !10 right to navigation, servi-
<br />T-ude or ea30m8nt by reison of the existence of the drain,
<br />nor other legal rights, except as expressly provided in
<br />this poi,nt.
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<br />Pending the conclusion by the Governments of the United
<br />States end Mexico of a compreh~nsiva agr8ement on ground-
<br />water in t!,8 border areas, each country shall limit
<br />I?U'nping of grollndwaters in its territo~7 Hithin five miles
<br />(eight kilometers) of the Arizona-Soncra boundary near
<br />San Luis to 160,000 acre-feet (197,35$,000 cubic meters)
<br />annually.
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<br />\'lith the objective of avoiding future problems, the United
<br />States and Mexico shall consult with each other prior to
<br />undertal.ing any new development of either the su.rface or
<br />the grO;Jndvlater resources, or undertaking substantial
<br />modifi~ations of present developments, in its own territory
<br />in the border area that might adversely affect the other
<br />COU:r..tl"'Y.
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<br />T:1e U~'::'tQd States will support efforts by Mexic') to obt,ain
<br />r;;Jpr:J:Jri '3te finar:;cing on favorable tr:rms for :;hc ,; mprovement
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<br />n.;'1.(. ,~8 1aO'.._J. a J_on 0 .le .eXlca l a. ey. "c ul1~.te
<br />c;t,T;:,()S ',.rill also provia') non-'!'ei_,nbursc;)le assis'.:c'.nce on a
<br />b.3.8!.S !11'ltually acceptable t'J 'oot!l cou'1tries exclusively for
<br />tl,cse 2,Sp'.'cts of the "'"xi c'!.n rchabj,litil.tion pl'ogram of the
<br />l'1:?xici'.~i 1}';.,.11r"y relat:l.~!,:;l;o thp. sal!,nity problem, including
<br />til0 drainp.,a:E'. Ja order to co;nply "Ii th tile above-mentioned
<br />P'E'poses, h..Jth ccl'lccri88 ,.,rill unuc:"t<:,ke negotiations as
<br />soon as possible,
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<br />"8. The Tjni'~ed States and Mexico 311all recognize the under-
<br />takin[';s <'.Dd unC;2rste,ndings contai red in this h,~sohr~~;_on as
<br />constituting the permanent and definitive solution of the
<br />salinity problem referred to in the ,Joint Communique of
<br />President Richard Nixo~ and President Luis Echeverria dated
<br />June 17, 1972.
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