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e e 2) The average salinities of the waters of the Colorado River a) upstream of Morelos Dam; b) arriving at Imperial Dam; and c) the resulting salinity differential were as follows: Total Dissolved Solids in ppm 11 1992 Waters u.S. Count Mexican Count a) Colorado River upstream of Morelos Dam b) Arriving at Imperial Dam c) Salinity Differential 898 781 117 951 825 126 The Commission agreed by exchange of letters that the records show the differential during calendar year 1992 was in accord with above cited Point 1 of Minute No. 242. The results of operations under Minute No. 242 since it became effective on June 24, 1974, are tabulated as follows: Salinity in ppm (u.S. Count) 11 Year Imperial Dam Above Morelos Dam Differential 1974 (Jun 25 - Dec 31) 832 972 140 1975 829 964 135 1976 823 955 132 1977 820 943 123 1978 812 928 116 1979 809 739 -70 1980 755 740 -15 1981 806 924 118 1982 825 933 108 1983 733 742 9 1984 670 676 6 1985 607 639 32 1986 579 600 21 1987 610 656 46 1988 655 733 78 1989 682 800 118 1990 721 846 125 1991 751 858 107 1992 ~/ 781 898 117 The results of operations under Minute No. 242 are shown graphical- ly on Exhibit 2, which also shows the salinity of the waters arriv- ing at Imperial Dam and of the waters made available to Mexico at the Northerly International Boundary since 1951, the first full year of deliveries to Mexico under the Water Treaty of 1944. The differential has been met through March 1992 by interim measures in the u.S. and certain high flow years. In April 1992, the USBR under Title I PL 93-320 began operating the Yuma Desalting Plant, envisioned in PL 93-320 as a means for permanent compliance with the salinity differential. 11 The difference in u.S. count and Mexican count is due to the use of different methods of analyses and of computing the total dissolved solids, by each country's laboratory. ~I Yuma Desalting Plant operations began in April 1992 up to 1/3 capacity. 2