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<br />ill, tJ"; "''7'' <br />!lUlO. <br /> <br />{i~~:~ <br /> <br />COORDINATED WATER MANAGEMENT <br />UNDER THE PRIOR APPROPRIATION DOCTRINE IN NEW MEXICO <br /> <br />THE RIO GRANDE CASE <br /> <br />The Rio Grande has its headwaters in the southern part of <br /> <br />Colorado and flows north to south across the central part of New <br /> <br />Mexico, Upon leaving New Mexico, the river forms the inter- <br /> <br />national boundary between the Republic of Mexico and the State <br /> <br />of Texas, The Rio Grande drains approximately 40 percent of the <br /> <br />area of the State of New Mexico, <br /> <br />In the late nineteenth century water shortages on the Rio <br />i~w Grande developed in the southern part of the state, in Texas and <br />in the Republic of Mexico, Mexico subsequently filed a claim <br /> <br />for damages against the United States alleging that the <br /> <br />shortages in Mexico were due to uncontrolled diversions from the <br /> <br />Rio Grande in the states of Colorado and New Mexico, The United <br /> <br />States, through the International Boundary and Water Commission, <br /> <br />thereupon instituted an investigation of the conditions which <br /> <br />resulted in the "Rio Grande Embargo" of 1896 and the Mexican <br /> <br />Treaty of 1906, <br /> <br />The "embargo" was an order by the U, S, <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior which prevented further large-scale <br /> <br />development of Rio Grande water for irrigation in Colorado and <br /> <br />New Mexico by suspending action on applications for <br /> <br />water-project rights-of-way across public lands, Under the <br /> <br />1 <br />