US EditionMexico and US reach deal on Rio Grande water sharing
- Mexico and the United States reached an agreement on April 28, 2025, to increase water deliveries from the Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers before the October cycle deadline.
- The agreement followed weeks of negotiations amid U.S. Threats of tariffs and sanctions and concerns over Mexico’s risk of missing the 1.75 million acre-feet delivery required by the 1944 treaty.
- Mexico committed to an immediate transfer from international reservoirs and to raising the U.S. Share of six Rio Grande tributaries’ flows through the end of the current five-year water cycle.
- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins described the deal as a “major win” for Texas farmers and ranchers who faced severe shortages due to past Mexican shortfalls.
- The agreement reaffirmed the 1944 treaty’s fairness, avoided renegotiation, and demonstrated Mexico’s ongoing cooperation to safeguard American agriculture in the Rio Grande region.
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Following Pressure from Sen. Cruz and Trump Administration, Mexico Begins Honoring 1944 Water Treaty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued a statement following the Trump administration’s announcement of a deal with Mexico to secure shipments of water Mexico owes to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. Sen. Cruz said, “Mexico’s failures to uphold its water obligations have been devastating to Texas farmers and cities. I have been fighting for years to secure those deliveries, including by advancing sanctions legislati…
Mexico, U.S. reach deal over Rio Grande water sharing treaty
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The U.S. Department of State, along with the Mexican federal government, announced they reached an agreement that involves Mexico sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas. This is part of the 1944 U.S.-Mexico treaty, which Mexico has not complied with its water sharing obligations since the previous administrations. "Mexico has committed to make an immediate transfer of water from international rese…
Mexico reaches agreement to send more water to southern US
The Mexican and United States governments announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement under which Mexico will immediately deliver water to the U.S. — to which it owes a huge quantity of water under the terms of a 1944 bilateral treaty — and temporarily give its northern neighbor a greater share of the water in six Rio Grande tributaries. For now, at least, the deal has appeased the United States government, which has been pressuring t…
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