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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the land boundary at San Luis and in the limitrophe section of the Colorado River <br />downstream from Mordos D~m approximately 140,000 acre-ket of water annually, witlI <br />a salinity substantially the same as that of waters customarily delivered there. As part <br />of the measures required to maintain this salinity differential, the Minute provides that <br />the concrete-lined MODE be extended from Morclos Dam to the Santa Clara Slough in <br />Mexico at the expense of the United States. <br />Those provisions of the Minute which were ciepl::'ndent for their impkmt'ntution 011 <br />construction of works or on other measures which required expenditure' of funds hy the <br />United States became dlecrive upon authorization by the United States Congress a,"l <br />notification by the United States to MexiL.o of slIch <1l1thoriz"tion. Th;, ,,"thnrintion \V<l> <br />encompassed in PI/blic Lal\" V3-32() [18]. the Colorado Ril.,'/"!Jas;1I .s,ililli/,. Oll/Iml ACI, <br />enacted June 24, 1974. Section 101. Title I, of the Act gives aut\\Orization for the <br />construction of the Desalting Complex Unit. <br />D. Project Description <br />The s~vcn mC"~l~lIr~s to be implE'lllfntl'd in tIlt' Desalting COJllI'lex Unit ~ll'l': (I) <br />construction of the YlIma Desalting Pl:.1l1t; (2) cOllstrudiotl of the Bypass Dr:.Iin in tile- <br />United St"tl'S and Mexico: (31 implementation of measures for Wellton-Mohawk irrigation <br />L'fficic'I1CY improvement (IrrigJtion Managl'mt'nt Services. OnfJrm Systl'ms Improvt'mcllt. <br />Re,earch "nd Demonstrations. Edu,.ation Program, TeclInical Field Committee): (4) <br />Wcllton-Mohawk acreage reduction: (5) Painted Rock Reservoir land acquisition and <br />ope"'tion scllL'duk modification; (6) construction of the MODE Siphon: ,,,,,I (7) fisII and <br />\vildlift: mitigation I11CaSllrI.:'S. <br />D.I. Yuma Desalting Plant <br />The primary fe<Jture of tile Desalting Complex Unit from <In c'conomic. tl'chnic<ll, <br />,,"d political standpoint will be a membrane desalting pl,mt tlIat will reduce the salinity <br />of WM /DD pumped drainage before it is returned to the Colorado River. The proposed <br />pbnt site is about 4 'miles wcst of Yuma. Ilear the Arizona Public Service YlIcca-Axis <br />Powt:'rplant. anJ is known as the Yu<..'CJ site. There is some possibility that an alternate <br />site may be consiJcreJ if ongoing seismic monitoring indicates this nCl'~ssity prior to final <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br />