In the Mexicali Valley, the area presently under Irrigation is between 500,000 and 600,000 acres. This area is irrigated both by Colorado River water and by wells. Since 1957, there have been 490 relatively large wells (3 to 10 cubic feet per...
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In the Mexicali Valley, the area presently under irrigation is between 500,000 and 600,000 acrea. This area is irrigated both by Colorado River water and by wells. Since 1957, there have been 490 relatively large wells (3 to 10 cubic feet per...
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Mexico will improve Mexicali Irrigation and drainage
U.S. will assist Mexico in obtaining international financing
6. Mexico will undertake, as soon as practicable, steps to improve the irrigation and drainage facilities in the Mexicali...
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RELEASE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER”5 CALENDAR YEAR 1961 After considering the slight reduction in Lake Mead storage on December 31, 1960, as compared to December 31, 1959, the gradual increase in annual downstream deliveries in the United States, the...
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MEXICAN WATER TREATY 14 The treaty permits of increasing the cultivated area to the total of the area that can be cultivated economically, that is, to 200,000 net hectares (494,200 acres). [Emphasis, and calculation in parentheses, added.] As to...
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Mr. Friedkin said, if tile drain would resolve the drainage problem at Wellton-Mohawk, it would be the preferable solution. It does not pose the legal problems involved in the by-pass canal solution.
The Mexican...
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ARA: CMA
OFFICE OF MEXICAN AFFAIRS
NOV 19 1962
Commissioner J. F. Friedkin
November 16, 1962
Principal Engincer (WB) W. E. Walker
Data Collected in Mexicali Valley by Bureau of Reclamation Engineers, November...
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April 20, 1962
Summary of Status of Study of Colorado River Salinity Problem
I. Introduction The United States Commissioner on the International Boundary and Water Commission appointed, on the recommendation of the Department of the...
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CONFIDENTIAL
The Foreign Minister discussed Mexico's claim for damages sustained prior to entry into force of the minute. He said he did not know whether Mexico actually had a claim; that he had not studied the facts. Mr. Mann noted the...
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Phoenix, Arizona
August 12, 1964
FEDERACION ESTATAL CAMPESINA DE SONORA
(State Farm Federation of Sonora)
PX T-1 has made available a carbon copy of a letter written in Spanish...
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Political Report by American Counsel in Mexicali (2 p) regarding political activity in the Mexicali area surrounding the salinity of Colorado River waters and a visit to the area by the Subsecretary of Agriculture Ingenerio Jesus Patino Navarrette.
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irrigated acreage of the Mexicali Valley. Since the initiation of pumping at Wellton-Mohawk, the drainage system in the Mexicali Valley has not been able to carry off all of the heavy salt concentrations in the water.
Inasmuch as the...
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April 20, 1962
Dear Mr. Secretary:
In connection with the salinity problem in the delivery of Colorado River water to Mexico, the Mexican Commissioner on the International Boundary and Water Commission has learned of a possibility of excess...
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United States Department of Interior, Stewart L. Udall, Secretary, Bureau of Reclamation, Floyd E. Dominy, Commissioner, Region 3, A.B.West, Regional Director, "Special Studies, Delivery of Water to Mexico", February, 1963, page 62
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Document: "Proposed Minute of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico to Achieve a Permanent & Effective Solution to the Colorado River Salinity Problem," Draft 11/10/64 (photocopy), page 3
1964-11-10
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Document: Department of State, Division of Language Services (Translation), "The Salt in Mexicali Must not Alienate Two Friendly Countries," April 28, 1964
1964-04-28
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mixture, the salt content of the mixture would in fact be doubled. Considering optimum conditions of permeability in any soil, and the operation of an efficient drainage system, it would be necessary to increase the irrigation duty...
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Phase 2 contemplates construction of a second outlet drainage channel through the Wellton-Mohawk area, reconstruction of the existing Gila River pilot channel, construction of 12 new wells in the South Gila Valley, certain flood control works, and...
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time, it appears that construction of additional drainage facilities in our District, including wells, tile drains, and conveyance channels, combined with a selective and controlled pumping program, will provide a workable solution which will most...
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FORM FS-439 a
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From TIJUANA
LIST OF INVITEES FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA
Ing. Eligio ESQUIVEL M., Governor, State of Baja California
Ing. Carlos RUBIO P., State Director of Public...
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6. The construction by the United States of works contemplated in this Minute is subject to the appropriation of funds by the United States Congress. Such appropriations will be sought as promptly as possible with the objective of having these...
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26œOLORADO RIVER BOARD Investigations of physical solutions should include consideration of questions such as whether it would be practical from all standpoints to (a) maintain only a seasonal salt balance in the upper zone of the Wellton-Mohawk...
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Copy of memorandum (4 p) and coversheet (1 p). Memoradum summarizes data collected in the Mexicali valley by Bureau of Reclamation engineers.
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that his Government would regard the Bureau's program as unacceptable. The Mexican Commissioner stated that the Mexicali farmers had confidently assumed that the water delivered this winter would be usable. He feared, if it became public...
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