After Gregor implements his new plan, the price of water $$ \qquad $$ to $$ \qquad $$ $$ \$ 1.60 $$ per gallon. Given Haidy and Gregor's production levels, Gregor's profit becomes $$ \qquad $$ $$ \$ 257.60 $$ and Haidy's profit becomes $$ \qquad $$ $$ \$ 201.60 $$. Because Gregor has deviated from the cartel agreement and increased his output of water to 35 gallons more than the cartel amount, Haidy decides that she will also increase her production to 35 gallons more than the cartel amount. After Haidy increases her production, Gregor's profit becomes $$ \$ $$ $$ \qquad $$ , Haidy's profit becomes $$ \qquad $$ , and total profit (the sum of the profits of Gregor and Haidy) is now \$ $$ \qquad $$ .

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To solve this problem, we need to analyze the situation step by step based on the information provided.

1. **Initial Conditions:**
   - Price of water: $$ P = 1.60 $$ dollars per gallon.
   - Gregor's initial profit: $$ \Pi_G = 257.60 $$ dollars.
   - Haidy's initial profit: $$ \Pi_H = 201.60 $$ dollars.

2. **Production Levels:**
   - Let $$ Q_C $$ be the cartel production level (the amount both were supposed to produce).
   - Gregor increases his production to $$ Q_G = Q_C + 35 $$ gallons.
   - Haidy also decides to increase her production to $$ Q_H = Q_C + 35 $$ gallons.

3. **New Production Levels:**
   - After both increase their production, the total production becomes:
     $$
     Q_{total} = Q_G + Q_H = (Q_C + 35) + (Q_C + 35) = 2Q_C + 70
     $$

4. **Profit Calculation:**
   - The profit for each producer can be calculated using the formula:
     $$
     \Pi = (P \times Q) - C
     $$
   - However, we do not have the cost structure provided, so we will assume that the costs remain constant for both producers.

5. **New Profits:**
   - Let’s denote Gregor's new profit as $$ \Pi_G' $$ and Haidy's new profit as $$ \Pi_H' $$.
   - Since both are producing more, we can express their new profits as:
     $$
     \Pi_G' = P \times (Q_C + 35) - C_G
     $$
     $$
     \Pi_H' = P \times (Q_C + 35) - C_H
     $$

6. **Total Profit:**
   - The total profit after both increase their production is:
     $$
     \Pi_{total} = \Pi_G' + \Pi_H'
     $$

Since we do not have specific values for costs or the original cartel production level, we cannot calculate the exact new profits. However, we can summarize the situation:

- Gregor's profit after increasing production: $$ \Pi_G' = \text{(new profit calculation)} $$
- Haidy's profit after increasing production: $$ \Pi_H' = \text{(new profit calculation)} $$
- Total profit: $$ \Pi_{total} = \Pi_G' + \Pi_H' $$

To provide specific values for Gregor's and Haidy's new profits, we would need additional information about their costs or the original cartel production level. If you have that information, please provide it, and I can help calculate the new profits.
Gregor's new profit is \$257.60, Haidy's new profit is \$201.60, and the total profit is \$459.20.

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