Texas, New Mexico settle Rio Grande water dispute

Texas, New Mexico settle Rio Grande water dispute

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following a decade-long dispute, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and the United States filed settlement agreements related to the Texas v New Mexico and Colorado case. The dispute began in 2013 when Texas claimed that New Mexico had violated the 1938 Rio Grande Compact, which requires the equitable apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande River. The Rio Grande provides water to roughly six million people in Texas, New Mexico, Co…