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3 Nov 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico
Mexico And US Reach Resolution Over Water Sharing Treaty
Mexico and the United States reached a deal 22 October to resolve Mexico’s water delivery shortfall in and around border areas under the 1944 Water Treaty with the US.The agreement was signed only 48 hours before the deadline issued in July by the head of the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)...
20 Jul 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico
More Protests by Mexican Farmers As US Demands Mexico Makes Up Rio Grande Water-sharing Deficit
This news article was updated 22 JulyThe head of the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) issued a formal statement, 9 July, that Mexico is in violation of the 1944 Water Treaty between Mexico and the US, and requested immediate action to restore its obligations under the treaty...
30 Mar 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico
Mexico Protesters Succeed In Blocking Plan To Transfer Water To United States
Following protests, The National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) appears to have backed down on a plan to divert water to the United States under terms of a 1944 bi-lateral treaty. The company tweeted 26 March that it had taken the decision to stop the additional water diversion from the La Boquilla dam in the nothern Chihuahua State due to farmers’ rejection of the move...
10 Feb 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico
Mexico Farmers "Seize" Dam In Protest Against Water Diversions To US
In a second incident within one week Mexican activists in the country's northern border region broke through defences and seized control of La Boquilla dam, Chihuahua Province 4 February in an attempt to stop water diversions to the United States that are required as "payment" under a 1944 bilateral water treaty between the countries...