US and Mexico agree fixed annual water deliveries under revised treaty
Apr 5, 2026 #USMexicoWaterDeal #ColoradoRiver #TransboundaryWater
Mexico and the United States have agreed to revise the 1944 water-sharing tre
Apr 5, 2026 #USMexicoWaterDeal #ColoradoRiver #TransboundaryWater
Mexico and the United States have agreed to revise the 1944 water-sharing treaty, shifting Mexico’s five-year quota to fixed annual deliveries of more than 400 million cubic metres to the US.
Farmers on both sides say predictability is crucial as drought deepens: growers in Chihuahua report empty rivers and missed planting, while in Texas some fields lie idle and reliance on rainfall persists.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Chihuahua, Mexico.
1439 
