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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />r <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />met, the Secretary would forgo the entitlement to the water conserved by <br />the Coachella Canal and would need to seek measures to replace the <br />additional water released from storage to meet the delivery obligation <br />to Mexico. <br /> <br />Continued Research <br /> <br />By keeping the Test Plant in operation, desalting research could <br />continue. The opportunity envisioned in Section 203 (b) of the <br />authorizing Act to advance water treatment technology relative to <br />lowering treatment costs and making advance treatment more practical <br />would be realized. This includes the potential value of reducing the <br />Nation's costs in meeting requirements of the Clean Water Act, the Safe <br />Drinking Water Act, reuse, hazardous waste management clean up, and in <br />augmenting water supplies. <br /> <br />Santa Clara Slough Preserved <br /> <br />By not operating the Desalting Plant, WMIDD drainage would continue to <br />be bypassed, and the Slough would be maintained. <br /> <br />Uncertain Risks to States Water Supply <br /> <br />While it is clear that water belonging to the Basin States is being <br />allowed to be bypassed and lost, it is not clear that this loss will <br />cause harm, or that conserving this loss will significantly increase <br />Colorado River water supplies. As the Upper Basin has yet to fully <br />develop, overall water supply demands continue to be less than the long- <br />term supply. With the large carryover storage of the Colorado River <br />reservoirs, the probability that shortage will occur in the foreseeable <br />future is relatively low, and there is a good probability that the <br />reservoir system will fil" and flood control releases will be required. <br />If so, water conserved by operation of the Desalting Plant and reserved <br />in storage may eventually be spilled and may in part be wasted. <br /> <br />Use Of Temporary Entitlement Is Authorized <br /> <br />The 1974 Act allows and envisioned the use of the 132,000 af per year <br />of conserved water to assist the Secretary in replacing the additional <br />water released from storage. <br /> <br />CONS: <br /> <br />Opposition From Basin States <br /> <br />Some opposition from the Basin States and Mexico would be expected. <br />Their arguments would focus on: <br /> <br />Intent of the Congress <br /> <br />The Basin States would argue that Congress authorized and appropriated <br />funds for construction consistent with the authorizing Act so as not to <br />diminish water appropriated to the Basin States in meeting Article 15 of <br /> <br />26 <br />