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<br />.- ,... t} ," <br />l(.Jl <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />'Ihe me;.:1sures :cequire{.t 00 ir,lpl,_v':jent his H.csol1J.tic~1 shall <br />be undertaken and compieted ac the earliest practical date. <br /> <br />"10. 1':1is Mim:te is su')ject to t:1C express approval of both <br />Gove~"nments by exchcL,ge of j;;c/:,es. It shall enter into <br />fe-rce upon such appro',"c:l; pro'rided, hmvever, that the <br />provisions which O-:::'e de?encient for their implementation on <br />the constYllction of works 0:::' 0:1 other measures which <br />require expendit~re of funds by the United States, shall <br />become eff0cti>re UDon the notification by the United <br />States to Mexico oi:' the authoriza'cion by the United States <br />Congress of said funds, which will be sought promptly. <br /> <br />lie. <br />, ' <br /> <br />"T'hereupon, the meeting aijonrned." <br /> <br />(SgrJ.) J. r. Friedkin <br />Commissioi1el' of the "Unj.terl States <br /> <br />(Sgd) D. Herrera J. <br />Commissioner of ]-.Iexico <br /> <br />(Sgd) F. H. Sacksteder, Jr. <br /> <br />(Sgd) Fernando Rivas S. <br /> <br />Secretary of <br />Section <br /> <br />-r--- <br />the Un~ted States <br /> <br />Secretary of <br /> <br />the Mexican Section <br /> <br />Table 9 sumrnari~es operations under Hinutes Nos. 218, 2~.1, and <br />2~2 for the period 1965 through 1973. <br /> <br />Coloyado River Basin Salinity <br />Contro~ Progrmn <br /> <br />By theenrt of 1973, it 'ViaS concluded t'hat four salinity control <br />projects, Paractox Valley, Grand Valley, Cryst21 Geyser, and L8S <br />Vegas U"'-sh, should be included for authorization for 197L, 1'e'.18ral <br />legislati~:1. Th2 c~rrent descriptions of these projects foilow: <br /> <br />E..~.r..~12X~dfy. in south,'l()stc:m Colo"'Clc1o is underlain by a <br />coliapse'~ sal';:; dome knmmt;o be 1l"COO feet, thick. Vlithin the <br />valley, tlte pure G?lt SDurce is within 60 to 100 feet of the grolmd <br />surface. The Dolores River. 2 tributary of the Colorado, crosses <br />the valley near its midpDint and picke, up over 200,000 tons of salt <br />annually from riaing proundwater eni;er'ing the river. Thj.s area has <br />been under consideration as a salinity control project for many <br />ye ars . <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />Geophysical surveys and <br />and 1973 defined the area of <br />groundwater into the river. <br /> <br />exploratory drilling conducted in 1972 <br />salt pj,clmp and t,l18 IT,Qvement of saline <br />There is a sharp interface about mid- <br /> <br />- 13 - <br />