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Water: The Other US-Mexico Border Crisis That Is Growing Worse

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 […]

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Texas Water Rights Clash With Mexico

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 […]

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Mexico Offering Water To South Texas. But With A Catch

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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Texas Sued New Mexico Over Rio Grande Water. Now The States Are Fighting the Federal Government.

Via Texas Tribune, a report on how – after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the long-running water dispute – the states — which had finally worked out a water-sharing agreement — are back to the drawing board: When Judge D. Brooks Smith traveled from Pennsylvania to Colorado, he passed over […]

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Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande

Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the once-mighty Rio Grande river is barely a trickle through much of West Texas. Scientists and advocates say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore flows to the river. The year was 1897. Flood waters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso.  […]

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Colorado River Delta Showing Signs of Life After U.S.-Mexico Deal To Restore Water

Via Science, a report on how a water sharing agreement with the United States has aided restoration of Mexico’s Colorado River delta: A decade-old effort to restore the once parched Colorado River delta in northwestern Mexico appears to be succeeding. Since the United States and Mexico agreed to restore some water to the delta in […]

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