U.S.-Mexico Water Sharing: Background and Recent Developments
Description:
This report is a primer on U.S. and Mexican water-sharing topics. It focuses on surface water quantity sharing and recent developments, including drought conditions. Due to Mexico's recent below-target deliveries of Rio Grande water to the United States, particular attention is given to the status, underlying causes, and responses to the Rio Grande water debt. This report describes: legal obligations and processes under the 1944 Water Treaty; drought conditions from 2010 to 2013; water sharing …
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Date:
November 19, 2013
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.; Seelke, Clare Ribando & Shedd, Daniel T.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department