This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. MISSION — More than 100 years ago, developers lured farmers to the Rio Grande Valley by marketing the ...

In a complaint filed in 2013, Texas alleged that pumping in New Mexico below Elephant Butte Reservoir was taking Rio Grande water owed to Texas under a compact from 1939.

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas leaders look to new water supplies to sustain growth. ... the Agua Special Utility District, which are higher than what you might find in McAllen or Edinburg.

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 ...

Texas brought the suit in 2013, arguing that groundwater pumping in this stretch of New Mexico siphoned off water destined for Texas under the Rio Grande Compact. The United States and Colorado ...

Texas brought the suit in 2013, arguing that groundwater pumping in this stretch of New Mexico siphoned off water destined for Texas under the Rio Grande Compact. The United States and Colorado ...

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Texas brought the suit in 2013, arguing that groundwater pumping in this stretch of New Mexico siphoned off water destined for Texas under the Rio Grande Compact. The United States and Colorado ...

Texas farmers struggle as Mexico and U.S. wrestle with water from the Rio Grande treaty Recently, Mexico began sending more water to the U.S. to uphold its end of a nearly 80-year-old treaty that ...

A water tower along West Nolana Avenue in McAllen. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune. The Rio Grande Valley region would not have enough water to meet demand for cities, farming, and ...

A special master acts as a trial judge, ... Texas alleged that pumping in New Mexico below Elephant Butte Reservoir was taking Rio Grande water owed to Texas under a compact from 1939.

A water tower along West Nolana Avenue in McAllen. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune. The Rio Grande Valley region would not have enough water to meet demand for cities, farming, and ...