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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMISSION COMISIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE LÍMITES Y AGUAS Colorado River Water Users Association Edward Drusina U.S. Commissioner International Boundary and Water Commission December 12, 2014 COMMISSION

IBWC HISTORY Boundary Demarcation Monument Signing the 1944 Water Treaty

IBWC PROJECTS Rio Grande Levee – 2010 Flood Amistad Dam Falcon Dam

MINUTE 319 Minute 319 Signing Ceremony

MINUTE 319 Hoover Dam Earthquake-damaged canal in Mexico

PULSE FLOW Pulse Flow Ceremony Pulse Flow Release from Morelos Dam

PULSE FLOW MONITORING

HABITAT RESTORATION Pulse Flow through Laguna Grande Laguna Grande Site

MINUTE 319 WORK GROUPS

PROJECTS Binational Site Visit All-American Canal Turnout Project

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMISSION COMISIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE LÍMITES Y AGUAS COMMISSION