The agreement adjusts a 1944 treaty between the U.S. and Mexico, letting Mexico pay its Rio Grande water debt to the U.S.
FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso. The New York Times described the crash of crumbling houses and the “cries of ...
The treaty amendment gives Mexico more ways to meet its water obligations, but South Texas officials say it might not make a ...