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Texas Farmers Struggle As U.S. Denies Mexico’s Water Request Over Treaty Shortfalls
March 28th, 2025
Via High Plains Public Radio, a report on struggling Texas farmers as the U.S. denies Mexico’s water request over treaty shortfalls: The United States denied Mexico’s request for a special delivery of Colorado River water on Thursday, citing Mexico’s ongoing failure to meet its obligations under an 80-year-old water-sharing treaty between the two countries. Facing […]
Read more »The Last Drops of Mexico City
March 26th, 2025
One of the world’s largest and most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. As Mexico’s capital struggles to quench its thirst, Longlead provides scenes from the parched megalopolis showing how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe. Every day, for most of her life, Norma, a 68-year-old woman […]
Read more »Water: The Other US-Mexico Border Crisis That Is Growing Worse
February 7th, 2025
Via The Conversation, a report on growing water tensions between the U.S. and Mexico: Immigration and border security will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the new Trump administration. But there also is a growing water crisis along the U.S.–Mexico border that affects tens of millions of people on both sides, and it can only […]
Read more »U.S. Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems
January 7th, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, a report on the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes on the U.S.-Mexico border: From one end of the U.S.-Mexico border to the other, water and wastewater infrastructure are perennial problems. In the Rio Grande Valley, farmers are running out […]
Read more »Texas Water Rights Clash With Mexico
November 28th, 2024
Via The Pinnacle Gazette, a report on growing water tension between Texas and Mexico, with Governor Abbott pushing for compliance of treaty obligations amid worsening drought conditions: Texas officials are raising alarms about water rights issues with Mexico, following recent agreements intended to manage the distribution of water to the Rio Grande Valley. Governor Greg Abbott […]
Read more »Mexico Offering Water To South Texas. But With A Catch
November 11th, 2024
Via Grist, a look at Mexico’s offer of water to South Texas, but there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about: Rio Grande Valley farmers who have seen their industry devastated by insufficient rain and depleting water reserves have been offered up a modest but helpful amount of water for their dried-up land. The farmers are […]
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