Tag: Rio Grande
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Rio Grande farmers have a unique relationship with irrigation technology
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Researchers at the Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, recently completed a phase of research in the Rio Grande Coordinated Agriculture Project. The effort looked at area farmers’ use of scientific irrigation scheduling technology and what prevents some from adopting it. “Irrigation scheduling is a science where we try to find…
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Tune in to the Rio Grande Water video series
A series of videos have been produced about irrigation methods along the Rio Grande as part of the Diversifying the Water Portfolio for Agriculture in the Rio Grande Basin, a Coordinated Agriculture Project (CAP). The Rio Grande is the fourth-longest U.S. river. It is also one of the world’s most endangered rivers. Population growth and demand…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new commentary on Rio Grande water deliveries
The Texas Water Journal invited The Honorable Jayne Harkins, P.E., U.S. Commissioner for the International Boundary and Water Commission, to share her thoughts on water deliveries from Mexico to the Rio Grande in a commentary titled, “Commentary: Fact vs. Fiction on Rio Grande Deliveries.” Water deliveries from Mexico are governed by two treaties, one from 1906 and one from 1944.…
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Two Nations, One Water Conference to explore adaptive water strategies for drought
More than 40 speakers, panelists and moderators will present current information, ideas and realities that face the Rio Grande and the states and countries that share its water at a two-day conference April 23-25 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The conference, “Two Nations, One Water: US-Mexico Border Water Summit 2019,” will explore adaptive water strategies…
