Water-Resources Issues in the Rio Grande -- Rio Conchos to Amistad Reservoir subarea
Blackstun D, Woosley L, Flora M. 1998. Water-Resources Issues in the Rio Grande -- Rio Conchos to Amistad Reservoir subarea. Fact Sheet 3. US Department of the Interior, US - Mexico border Field Coordinating Committee
In 1994, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOl) chartered the U.S.-Mexico Border Field Coordinating Committee for the purpose of promoting and facilitating coordination among the DOl bureaus on environmental issues of Departmental interest along the U.S.-Mexico border. One of the foremost issues identified was that of shared-water resources. A multi-bureau Shared-Water Resources Issues Team was created to identify, compile, and communicate significant issues related to the shared-water resources of the U.S.-Mexico border area. Woodward and Durall (1996), as part of the Issues Team, used surface-water drainage basins as the primary basis for defining and delineating the extent of the border area from a shared-water resources perspective, and divided the border area into eight subareas (fig. 1). This Fact Sheet presents shared-water resources issues along the Rio Grande from its confluence with the Rio-Conchos to the Amistad Reservoir and Dam from a DOl perspective." (from report Introduction)