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.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For years, New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado have been in a legal battle over Rio Grande water. In late 2022, the states reached an agreement to share water, and … ...

Workers in Texas have begun installing a floating barrier along the Rio Grande in an effort to deter migrants from crossing the dangerous river to enter the US illegally.

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 ...

The river’s spikes in salinity are killing crops in the Rio Grande Valley. Finding a solution will require negotiations between Texas and Mexico policymakers.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Texas is responding to a “dire humanitarian crisis” at the Mexican border, justifying the state’s decision to deploy a floating buoy barrier in the Rio Grande, lawyers for Gov. Greg Abbott ...

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 ...