LRGA Policy & Issues

Resolutions

Resolution in Support of the Brownsville Public Utilities Board Off-Channel Storage Project (posted Aug. 15, 2003- 87 KB PDF)
Resolution in Support of the Willacy County Regional Brackish Groundwater Desalination Project (posted Aug. 15, 2003 - 88 KB PDF)
Resolution in Support of the Donna Irrigation District Irrigation System Improvements (posted Sep. 22, 2003 - 74 KB PDF)

Issues

Mexican Water Debt

Mexico and the U.S. have reached "an agreement in principle" on repaying almost 717,000 acre-feet of water due to South Texas irrigators under the 1944 treaty between the countries. More infomation

This controversial subject, central to any discussion on water supply issues in the Rio Grande Valley, is detailed in-depth in "H2owe" by Clint Shields, reprinted here from the October 2003 issue of Fiscal Notes, the newsletter of Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn.

Administrative Agent

Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council, Kenneth N. Jones, Jr., Executive Director
311 N. 15th Street, McAllen TX 78501-4705; tel: 956.682.3481; fax: 956.631.4670

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