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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8282.400
Description
Colorado River Operations and Accounting - Deliveries to Mexico
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
12/1/2001
Author
Good Neighbor Environmental Board
Title
Fifth Report of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board to the President and Congress of the United States - 12-01-01
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />001483 <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br /> <br />water. conflicts and,cecommendati?nS to resolve them.:~y.of <br />, whieh are appliCable to the bordec region, <br />~nd.i~id~ states also h~ve initiative:' in place,_ For insran~. in . <br />1997, the Texas legislarure mandated creatiOll of Regional Water. <br />PI~nning Groups. . Regio~aI water p~~ have been completed and <br />. are in the proceSs, of being incorporated in the srate water plan. <br />o Although so~e envir~)fimen~ groups and rural in~r~ have ~n- <br /><;elm about. some of die pr?visions in. these P~s. me. planni.ng <br />process genecaUy is viewed as a ground-breaking effort to ;hape the <br />state's water poli~es for the next 50 ~. <br />Over the past several y~, promising new pannerships have <br />been created to work specilic:aUy on Rio Grande issues: 1) In 1999, <br />. the Rio Grande Citizens' Forum Wasestabhsh~ by the U.S. seerion <br />. of the ~B~C'to ob~' input ?o its activities. on the Rio Grande <br />between Pereha D:u:n, New Mexico and Fort Quicrn:.n, Texas. <br />2) C~ndy, the IBWC is working with the U.S. Department of the <br />lmerlor, ~exico's Seae~iat of Ecology and Natunt.l ~urces. and <br />non-govenim~nt o~tions to devel~p a strategy for the ,"forgot': . <br />ten reaeh" of the Rio Grande between Fort. Quicrnan and the <br />Amistad Reservoir.-The"stnltegy indudes compon~rs such as a <br />habitat assesimem.and Possible salr ec:dar concrol projects. lr grew . <br />. our of a June 14. 2000 ~inado~ syn1"posiu:n1 'about that ,stretch of <br />the rivee. 3) A Binational Assessmen; ofNacwal Resour= along the <br />Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. continues .'0 be e:u:ried. out by the U.S. <br />"Department of . the Interior and Mexican scientists nom Min~try of <br />.. . the Environment and Nature ~urces (SEMARNAT). The goal is <br />to complete ~ reconnaissance of the "Upper" and <<Lower Cany~n" <br />, reaches of the Rio Grande, that bordee protected areas in Mexico, <br />Big lknd Narional Park in Texas, and most of the.U.S. desigoated <br /> <br />'- , <br />-I <br /> <br />"WM and Scenic" reaeh of the Rio Grande. 4) The Binarional Rio <br />Grande Rio Bravo Erosysrem Working Group, formed in response <br />to the Joint Ded:u:ation sigoed in June 2000 by the twO environ- <br />ment ministry heads. then-Secretaries Babbitt and Carabjas, meetS <br />~ formulate s~tegies for restoring ~system values for a segment of . <br />the Rio Grande. 5) Boedee-region~ non-governmental organizations <br />issued a BinatioMl Ded:u:arion. in May 200 I regarding managecnent <br />of the Rio Conehos and lowee Rio Bravo/Rio Grande. The agre; . <br />ment cilIs for hach goverru:nen~ ~o. -i~provc: water use effici~cy, <br />explore joint funding of conservarion mc:asures and devdop short- <br />. and long-term joint droughc managecnenc plans. <br /> <br />OTHER INITIATIVES <br />.In Texas, a.Coalition of public interest' ~ups is implementing <br />aniniriative,raUed the "living Wac= Project." The goal is to urge: <br />: - water pIann~ to provide mechanisms to protect rura.I wa(a' needs. <br />bay and estuary freshwater rcqui~ents an~ preservation of in~ <br />scream flows. AlsO in Texas, th.e towns of EJ Paso and Fort Bliss are <br />c;xploring construction of a joint desalination planL The plant <br />. would allow for ~e ~tment of saline wa.ter prior t~ disuibtirion <br />"and remove de~and on other fresh water sowccs. . <br />Texas and New Mexico together' have established me <br />Tc:xasINew Mexico, Water Commission to bring togccher Fl Paso' <br />and southern New Mexico to work on common water concerns and . . <br />future water.d~vc:ry. mechanisms. In addition, the new -Mexico <br />Lowc:r ~o ~rande Wa~c:r Users Organization was set up to fOsrer <br />cooperative, water planning among a nwnber of souther New <br />M~co warer supplie~, including those for rural .communities. <br />. To involve rural commi.miri~ an ~ong me ~.S.-M~co border <br />region, the Unired Stares Deparcr;,enr of Agriculnue (USDA) is oon- <br />tin~g.' to spo~r. the cstlblishmem and operation o~ Rural. <br />Conservarion & Devdopment Border-Region Councils. Among' <br />their o~er a~vities, the councils may recommend warer .conscrva.- <br />rion projects fur fundini <br />&;ecal pairs of sister citi';' are carrying out joint planning dIOirs <br />around the issue oflonger-rer:rn warer supply for their communities. <br />Notable examples are those betWeen EJ Paso, Texas-Ciudad Juarez,. <br />Chihuahua and San Diego, Califumia and TIjuana, Baja Califumia. <br />In addition, the Tohono Q'odharn Narion is planning fur long-term <br />protection and man~ment ofies groundwater supply. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />fi <br /> <br />Fifth Report ofllJe Good Neighbor IlllirolllIl!JJ1aI Board <br />
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