Texas border county extends water disaster declaration

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Texas border county extends water disaster declaration

EDINBURG, Texas (Border Report) -- Hidalgo County Commissioners have extended a disaster declaration due to the drought and water scarcity in the Rio Grande Valley that a lack of water payments by Mexico is exacerbating. Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon voted unanimously to indefinitely extend the order that Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez issued last week. ‘Exceptional drought’ prompts disaster declaration in South Texas border count…