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'''vision/strategic plan''': “Through binational partnerships with Mexico, preserve the international boundary and improve the quality, conservation, and utilization of transboundary water resources in the border region” <ref name="IBWC El Baso Ciudad Juarez">"Transboundary Aquuifers and Binantional Ground Water Database For the City of El Paso / Ciudad Juarez Area ." Binational Publication 1998 . n.pag. International Boundary and water Commission . Web. 30 Jul 2013. http://www.ibwc.state.gov/Water_Data/binational_waters.htm </ref>
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Latest revision as of 13:18, 31 July 2013


Organizational Purpose Described as:
– coordinate on matters related to a resource or group of resources
– provide education or outreach
– advisory committee


Project Dates:1944-



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The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), is a supra-legal body established to manage shared water resources established as a consequence of the 1944 US-Mexico Water Treaty.[1]

vision/strategic plan: “Through binational partnerships with Mexico, preserve the international boundary and improve the quality, conservation, and utilization of transboundary water resources in the border region” [2]

mission: “Provide binational solutions to issues that arise during the application of United States – Mexico treaties regarding boundary demarcation, national ownership of waters, sanitation, water quality, and flood control in the border region” [2]

  1. ^ Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/research/case_studies/US_Mexico_Aquifer_New.htm
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 "Transboundary Aquuifers and Binantional Ground Water Database For the City of El Paso / Ciudad Juarez Area ." Binational Publication 1998 . n.pag. International Boundary and water Commission . Web. 30 Jul 2013. http://www.ibwc.state.gov/Water_Data/binational_waters.htm

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