JUN 25 12:16 ET Story by Judith Fein | Video by Gabe Ramirez and Bryce Urbany, CNN (CNN) — Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, is nourished by the Rio Grande River and the fertile Mesilla Valley, ...

Thus, in 1938, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado signed the Rio Grande Compact, designating how much water Colorado must ensure would reach New Mexico, which in turn had to ensure a fair share of ...

Thus, in 1938, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado signed the Rio Grande Compact, designating how much water Colorado must ensure would reach New Mexico, which in turn had to ensure a fair share of ...

By the turn of the 20th century, disputes over Rio Grande water were brewing between farmers in southern New Mexico’s Mesilla Valley and those in El Paso and neighboring Ciudad Juárez in Mexico ...

Further complicating matters, the U.S. and Mexico signed a treaty in 1906 committing the U.S. to providing 60,000 acre feet of Rio Grande water to Mexico at Ciudad Juárez annually.

As snow melts in the mountains, New Mexico's water infrastructure is designed to capture and distribute spring run-off to communities and farmers along the Rio Grande. To keep water flowing ...

Texas and New Mexico faced off with the U.S. government in the nation's highest court on Wednesday in the latest chapter of a decade-long dispute over the way water from the dwindling Rio Grande ...

Some New Mexico lawmakers had voiced concerns about the proposed settlement, which would have meant reducing the state's use of Rio Grande water with steps like paying farmers to leave their ...

As snow melts in the mountains, New Mexico's water infrastructure is designed to capture and distribute spring run-off to communities and farmers along the Rio Grande. To keep water flowing ...

Casuga received the letter that highlights the agreement between New Mexico and Texas. Currently, the Rio Grande water flowing into Elephant Butte is behind in the state's commitments.

The Rio Grande — which emerges from the southern Colorado Rockies and runs into New Mexico and then to Texas, where it forms the border with Mexico — is shared among its three states under a ...