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<br />C) <br />C::;J <br />""'"' <br />00 <br />-.J <br /> <br />to meet aesthetic (taste) considerations. <br /> <br />CURRENT FEDERAL EFFORTS TO CON1~OL <br />SALINITY <br /> <br />Several programs, measures, and other actions have come forth in the last <br /> <br />few years that will reduce one or more aspects of the river's salinity problemso <br /> <br />Minute No. 242 of the International Boundary and Water Comnission, signed on <br /> <br />August 30, 1973, between the United States and Mexico is primarily for the benefit <br /> <br />of Mexico. The program set forth in "The Colorado River Salinity Control Act of <br /> <br />1973", (introduced by all 14 senators and 35 congressmen from the seven Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin states), ho"ever, would lead to construction of salinity control <br /> <br />projects that "ould benefit the residents of the basin states as well as Mexico. <br /> <br />Congressmen from the basin states have stated that, because the salinity problems <br /> <br />of the Colorado affect both domestic and foreign users, any program authorized by <br /> <br />Congress should include features that would benefit both domestic and foreign <br /> <br />users of Colorado River water. Accordingly, it is likely that the two programs <br /> <br />will be considered concurrently in Congress. <br /> <br />Agreement with Mexico (Min",_~__No. 242) <br /> <br />The August 30, 1973, agreement with Mexico culminated the efforts comnenced <br /> <br />the preceeding year in keeping with the joint communique on Colorado River sa 1- <br /> <br />inity signed by Presidents Nixon and Echeverria, wherein President Nixon stated <br /> <br />that the United States was prepared to find a "permanent, definitive and just <br /> <br />solution of this problem"... The Federal Government I s team, headed by former <br /> <br />Attorney General Herbert Brownell, identified alternative measures, studied im- <br /> <br />pacts, and developed a set of measures to limit the river's salinity increment in <br /> <br />the deliveries to Mexico. The Colorado River Basin states, through the Committee <br /> <br />of Fourteen, composed of two representRtives appointed by the Governors of the <br /> <br />6 <br />