1944 US-Mexico Water Treaty
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Signed: 1944/11/14
Agreement Type: trans-national, treaty
Riparians - United States of America, Mexico
Water Resources - Colorado River, Rio Grande (Rio Bravo), Tijuana River
Water Resources - Colorado River, Rio Grande (Rio Bravo), Tijuana River
Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico relating to the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico.[1]
Case Studies Related to this Agreement
- The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery and San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Programs
- Transboundary Dispute Resolution: U.S./Mexico Shared Aquifers
- Water Competition & Cooperation in the Las Vegas Valley
Articles linked to this Agreement
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Agreement includes riparian- United States of America, Mexico
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Includes Water Resource- Colorado River, Rio Grande (Rio Bravo), Tijuana River
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Previous agreement was- IBWC Minute 242
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External Links
- Full Text of the Treaty — The full text for this and other documents are available at the website of the International Boundary Waters Commission website's treaty page
- Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD) (2012). Oregon State University. 1944 US-Mexico Water Treaty — The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD) This website is used to aid in the assessment of the process of water conflict prevention and resolution. Over the years we have developed this Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, a project of the Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, in collaboration with the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
- ^ Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: http://ocid.nacse.org/tfdd/tfdddocs/129ENG.pdf
