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Show Rio Grande Convention, 1906 The United States of America and the United States of Mexico be- ing desirous to provide for the equitable distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes, and to remove all causes of controversy between them in respect thereto, and being moved by con- siderations of international comity, have resolved to conclude a Con- vention for these purposes and have named as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Elihu Root, Secre- tary of State of the United States; and The President of the United States of Mexico, His Excellency Senor Don Joaquin D. Casasus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiary of the United States of Mexico at Washington; Who, after having exhibited their respective full powers, which were found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I After the completion of the proposed storage dam near Engle, New Mexico, and the distributing system auxiliary thereto, and as soon as water shall be available in said system for the purpose, the United States shall deliver to Mexico a total of 60,000 acre-feet of water an- nually, in the bed of the Rio Grande at the point where the head works of the Acequia Madre, known as the Old Mexican Canal, now exist above the city of Juarez, Mexico. article n The delivery of the said amount of water shall be assured by the United States and shall be distributed through the year in the same proportions as the water supply proposed to be furnished from the said irrigation system to lands in the United States in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas, according to the following schedule, as nearly as may be possible: Acre-Feet Per Corresponding Month Cubic Feet of Water January.....................___..........____....._____................. 0 0 February_____.____............__________............................... 1,090 47,480,400 March........____..........................._____........._____........ 5,460 237,837,600 April......................................___________................... 12,000 522,720,000 May....................................................................... 12,000 522,720,000 June........................_________..................................... 12,000 522,720,000 July................................,............................_________ 8,180 356,320,800 August...................................................................- 4,370 190,357,200 September.............................._______.................-......... 3,270 142,441,200 October...............................................................____ 1,090 47,480,400 November........................._____................................... 540 23,522,400 December.................................................................. 0 0 Total for the year............................_______................. 60,000 2,613,600,000 443 |
