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Show RIO GRANDE, COLORADO, TIJUANA TREATY 467 such works as may be recommended by the Commission and approved by the two Governments, each Government to pay the costs of the works constructed by it. The Commission shall likewise recommend the parts of the works to be operated and maintained jointly by the Commission and the parts to be operated and maintained by each Section. The two Governments agree to pay in equal shares the cost of joint operation and maintenance, and each Government agrees to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the works assigned to it for such purpose. ARTICLE 14 In consideration of the use of the All-American Canal for the de- livery to Mexico, in the manner provided in Articles 11 and 15 of this Treaty, of a part of its allotment of the waters of the Colorado River, Mexico shall pay to the United States : (a) A proportion of the costs actually incurred in the construction of Imperial Dam and the Imperial Dam-Pilot Knob section of the All-American Canal, this proportion and the method and terms of repayment to be determined by the two Governments, which, for this purpose, shall take into consideration the proportionate uses of these facilities by the two countries, these determinations to be made as soon as Davis dam and reservoir are placed in operation. (b) Annually, a proportionate part of the total costs of mainte- nance and operation of such facilities, these costs to be prorated be- tween the two countries in proportion to the amount of water delivered annually through such facilities for use in each of the two countries. In the event that revenues from the sale of hydro-electric power which may be generated at Pilot Knob become available for the amor- tization of part or all of the costs of the facilities named in subpara- graph (a) of this Article, the part that Mexico* should pay of the costs of said facilities shall be reduced or repaid in the same propor- tion as the balance of the total costs are reduced or repaid. It is understood that any such revenue shall not become available until the cost of any works which may be constructed for the generation of hydro-electric power at said location has been fully amortized from the revenues derived therefrom. ARTICLE 15 A. The water allotted in subparagraph (a) of Article 10 of this Treaty shall be delivered to Mexico at the points of delivery specified in Article 11, in accordance with the following two annual schedules of deliveries by months, which the Mexican Section shall formulate and present to the Commission before the beginning of each calendar year. Schedule I Schedule I shall cover the delivery, in the limitrophe section of the Colorado River, of 1,000,000 acre-feet (1,233,489,000 cubic meters) of water each year from the date Davis dam and reservoir are placed in operation until January 1,1980 and the delivery of 1,125,000 acre-feet (1,387,675,000 cubic meters) of water each year thereafter. This sched- ule shall be formulated subject to the following limitations: |