Drought-hit Mexicans assert demands that water sharing with U.S. ends

[Miigwech]

Source: Reuters

LA BOQUILLA DAM, Mexico (Reuters) - Protesters gathered on Sunday in drought-hit northern Mexico in an attempt to retain control of a dam key to government efforts to diffuse tensions over a water sharing pact with the United States.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has been working to maintain a good relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Friday that Mexico has to comply with its obligations.

Under the 1944 treaty, Mexico must deliver 1,750,000 acre-feet of water to the United States over a five-year period. Mexico also gets U.S. water from the Colorado River.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week asked the State Department to help enforce the agreement. Mexico has until October 24 to meet a five year quota, and owes nearly a year supply of water, Abbott said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-usa-water/drought-hit-mexicans-assert-demands-that-water-sharing-with-u-s-ends-idUSKCN26C061

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[cstanleytech]

1. I hope they can reach a compromise on this.

And just to clarify I mean both sides when I mean they though given Trump is currently in charge it might have to wait until Biden is sworn in.

[Miigwech]

2. Right. Or, is there to be war with Mexico?

Or trump will trade water for a wall?

[cstanleytech]

3. Who knows with that moron. nt

[Warpy]

4. Winter snow pack out west just isn't happening any more

Water is going to be a huge deal out here in the near future as long standing treaties can't be honored because the sky is just not forthcoming. Climate change is going to turn a lot of land out here back into desert.

Part of that land is going to be in Texas. The aquifer there is just about gone.

[regnaD kciN]

5. Wouldn't be surprised to see Trump send the military into Mexico...

...to “protect OUR water.”

His base would be ecstatic.

[Scruffy1]

6. I can see it in the produce here.

Here in El Paso we get the best from Mexico but I've noticed a decline this year due to the drought. As the old saying goes in the west "Whiskey is for drinking, water for fighting." This is the second year in a row of record heat and low rainfall and when the average is less than ten inches a year an inch or two is a big deal. July and August are usually the "monsoon" season, but this year we got very little rain in them. Where I live next to the Rio Grande is a flood plain for the Rio Grande before 80% of its water was held back by a dam for irrigation in New Mexico. This time of year its about the size of a small drainage ditch. So I'm wondering how are you going to get blood out of a turnip.