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<br />-8- <br /> <br />May I say just a word about the desalting plant? It will be the world's) <br /> <br />l\:) <br />~ largest, and it will be expensive. We can justify calling upon our country <br />l"V <br />U' to assume the cost of construction and of annual operation and maintenance <br /> <br />because it is needed to resolve the problem with Mexico. The alternative <br /> <br />was the loss of substantial quantities of water for the Basin, a loss which <br /> <br />I did not want to propose or attempt to justtfy to an alreadywater-deficienp <br /> <br />region. As the Congress is called upon to assume this considerable financia~ <br /> <br />burden, the Congress will want assurance that the burden is no greater than <br /> <br />it must be. It will be important, therefore, that the Wellton-Mohawk Distri~ti <br /> <br />with technical advice and assistance of the Federal Government, reduce the <br /> <br />amount of its drainage to the practical minimum and achieve the strictest <br /> <br />practicable efficiency in its irrigation operations. The Federal Government <br /> <br />stands ready to help the District accomplish these objectives.' It will also) <br /> <br />be important that the drainage flowing into the river below Imperial Dam be <br /> <br />held to that which has prevailed in recent years in both amount and salinity, <br /> <br />so that with the desalting plant operations, the average annual differential <br /> <br />of 115 ppm will be met. <br /> <br />The advantages of this settlement to Mexico will be readily apparent to <br /> <br />you. Let me address for just a moment the advantages to the United States. <br /> <br />Some I have indicated; others are less definite and tangible. The most <br /> <br />important seems to be the very fact that a settlement was reached and the <br /> <br />uncertainties attending the problem were removed. Without a settlement <br /> <br />the United States faced long years of controversy with its neighbor, the <br /> <br />acr1.mony of adjudication to determine the rights and obligations of the <br /> <br />.L<' c""" <br /> <br />