The United States announced Monday that it reached an agreement with Mexico to resolve the controversy over the distribution of the water of the Bravo River, border between the two countries, and is regulated by the 1944 Water Treaty.
“Mexico has pledged to transfer water immediately from international reservoirs and to increase the US fee of the flow in six tributaries of the Bravo River until the end of the current five -year hydrological cycle,” said the State Department in a statement.
Donald Trump’s administration thanked the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, “her personal participation to facilitate cooperation between the different levels of her government and establish a unified strategy to address this priority.”
What is the treaty on international waters between Mexico and the United States?
The 1944 Water Treaty It establishes that Mexico must deliver each five -year period about 2,160 million cubic meters to the United States for the rivers that share on the border, while Mexicans stay with 9,250 million cubic meters, almost four times more.
The tension between the two countries rose on April 10, when Trump warned of tariffs and sanctions to Mexico for ‘violating’ the Water Treaty and owes more than 1.6 billion cubic meters of water to Texas.
The State Department said Monday that the Pact with Mexico will help “farmers, ranchers and municipalities of the Bravo River Valley, in Texas, to obtain the water they need so much and reduce shortage”.
-United States and Mexicothe statement added, also “promised to develop a long -term plan to comply with the requirements of the treaty and, at the same time, meet the outstanding water debts.”
Among them, he pointed out “additional monthly transfers and periodic consultations” about the needs of user supply in Texas.
“We hope to continue our cooperation with the Government of Mexico to find solutions to the shortage of water that affects the communities on both sides of the border,” he said.
Why should Mexico water to the US?
According to columnist Juan Pablo Spinetto, Mexico has had complications since the early 1990s to fulfill the border water commitment.
This situation has caused discomfort to farmers and entrepreneurs of Texas that depend on the Rio Bravo, or Río Grande, for the irrigation of its crops.
With the aggravation of droughts and the shortage of water, breaches and border tensions have also increased. In the current five -year period, Mexico has delivered just one third of the stipulated volume, and it is unlikely that you can compensate for the deficit before the cycle ends in October.
