The first I heard of this was an announcement that the United States was cutting off a water delivery to Tijuana.
I thought, good grief, that seems extreme. Why for we do that?
NEW—
For the 1st time, the Trump Administration has denied a special delivery of Colorado river water to Tijuana (outside of treaty obligations) arguing repeated failure by Mexico to comply in delivering water to Texas
90% of Tijuana water comes fr/the Colorado
⚡️via @Reforma pic.twitter.com/aBQDPRkHEz
— José Díaz Briseño (@diazbriseno) March 20, 2025
And what is this about Texas missing out on water that’s supposed to be ‘delivered’ from Mexico and hasn’t been?
It turns out that Mexico is obligated by a 1944 treaty to deliver an average of 350,000 acre-feet of RIo Grande and Rio Bravo water to the state every year. Mexican water deliveries have fallen way off these past few…
