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Supreme Court to Resolve Decade-Old Rio Grande Water Dispute
January 26th, 2024
Via Bloomberg Law, an article on the U.S. Supreme Court agreement to resolve a decade-old Rio Grande water dispute: ‘Original jurisdiction’ case involves 1930’s Rio Grande Compact US opposes settlement between Colorado, New Mexico, Texas The US Supreme Court has agreed to resolve a water dispute involving the Rio Grande River that’s been pending at […]
Read more »A Grand Plan To Save the Rio Grande
January 2nd, 2024
Via The Hill, commentary on a grand plan to save the Rio Grande: America’s rivers are integral to our country’s natural heritage and economy — and they’re drying up at an alarming rate. Already strained by decades of excessive water use, mainly for irrigation, once-thriving waterways now face the added pressure of climate change. […]
Read more »The Rio Grande: Not Just A Border; A River In Crisis
October 24th, 2023
Via The Conversation, a look at the Rio Grande: The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican states, and forms the border between Texas and Mexico, where it […]
Read more »Supreme Court Fight Over Rio Grande Water Flows On
October 24th, 2023
Via SourceNM, an article on ongoing legal tensions between Texas and New Mexico over Rio Grande water: Whether the water is low or high, the Supreme Court fight over Rio Grande water stretches on. The latest iteration of the legal fights that span decades, is the Texas claim before the U.S. Supreme Court that New Mexico groundwater […]
Read more »Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S.
October 14th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at rising tensions in the Rio Grande basin where – in 2020 – rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty: By late August, the usual monsoon rains had scarcely materialized […]
Read more »Groundwater: Transboundary Aquifers Between U.S. and Mexico
September 10th, 2023
Via the Permanent Forum on Binational Waters, a look at fresh research highlighting the significance of groundwater in the context of transboundary aquifers between Mexico and the United States: Water has emerged as a precious resource, increasingly scarce, making the understanding and management of groundwater, especially at borders, all the more crucial. This is why […]
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