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<br />w <br />'" <br />o <br />en <br /> <br />PublH: Law 93-320, the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, enacted <br />June ~4, 1974, Title I of the Act gives authorization for the construction <br />of th'e measures downstream from Imperial Dam and makes the replacement of <br />bypas,$ and reject waters a Federal obligation. Public Law 93-320 is repro- <br />duce~ herein as Appendix C, <br /> <br />E, Project Description <br /> <br />The s~ven measures to be implemented in the Desalting Complex Unit of <br />Title I are: (1) construction of the Yuma Desalting Plant; (2) construc- <br />tion of the Bypass Drain in the United States and Mexico; (3) implementa- <br />tion of measures for Wellton-Mohawk irrigation efficiency improvement <br />(Irrigation Management Services, Onfarm Systems Improvement, Research and <br />Demon~trations, Education Program, Technical Field Committee); (4) We11ton- <br />Mohawik acreage reduction; (5) Painted Rock Reservoir land acquisition and <br />opera;tion schedule modification; (6) construction of the MODE Siphon; and <br />(7) nish and wildlife mitigation measures. In addition, Title I authorizes <br />rep1a!::ement of the first 49 miles of the existing earthlined Coachella <br />Cana]l with a concrete-1 ined canal to reduce seepage and salvage about <br />132,0;00 acre-feet of water annually, Title I also authorizes the Protective <br />and R!egulatory Pumping Unit which consists of well fields and a lateral <br />collection system to enable the United States to pump up to 160,000 <br />acre-f!!et annually within 5 miles of the Southerly International Boundary. <br />Most hf the pumping (140,000 acre-feet) will be delivered to Mexico <br />acros!s the land boundary at San Luis in satisfaction of the 1944 Treaty. <br />Figure 2 shows these features geographically, <br /> <br /> <br />J <br />'j <br />;1 <br /> <br />> <br />~< <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />v, <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />"j <br /> <br />,~t <br />, <br />~t <br /> <br />J <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />'{ <br /> <br />r <br /> <br /><., <br />',1 <br />" <br /> <br />.", <br /> <br />j <br /><,.: <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />'.;:' <br />-j <br /> <br />'S <br /> <br />,},;'- <br /> <br />""~'" A;>".;. ~,..J: <br /> <br />I .} <br />.:A.> -;j <br />"",'".W <br />'~__d'''''~'-'~dii.;c.,,,; , <br />