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CENTRAL ARIZONA NB. Some infrastructures are not shown on PROJECT New Orleans the map: the transfer from Lake Tazin R towards Lake Athabasca (Slave river, io Houston northern Saskatchewan); from Lake G r Alouette to Slave Lake; from the Bridge a n river to the Seton (Fraser Basin, British d GULF e Columbia); and from the Little Abitibi river 0 500 1 000 1 500 km MEXICO Miami OF MEXICO to the Abitibi river (northern Ontario). N Annual consumption of fresh water Border basins governed by the International Joint Commission (CJC) at the end of the 1990s Today, huge transfers ...... tomorrow, giant projects Missouri Percentage of Main canals and aquaducts Routes for main continental transfer projects Grand Basin total reserves Amounts of water transferred in billions Upper of cubic metres a year NAWA PA : North American Water and Power Alliance Colorado Under 10% CENAWP California 26,3 : Central North American Water Project Arkansas 10 - 30% WSWAC : Western States Water Augmentation Concept Lower GC : Grand Canal (James Bay) Colorado Rio 30 - 40% 8,5 Grande Texas 70 - 100% 3,5 The map draws in part on information in Major Water Transfers: Tools of Development Gulf 1,3 or Instruments of Power, by Frédéric Lasserre and others, University of Quebec 2005 0,5 More than 100%