Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller has issued an executive order to secure water in the Rio Grande Valley.
The order ultimately gives Texas farmers and ranchers the green light to use the Rio Grande for irrigation. This comes as heavy rains in Mexico run off into the Rio Grande, which ultimately is wasted by flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
The effort to protect Texas’ water supply is especially timely considering the state’s recent challenges with Mexico’s inability to deliver water agreed upon in the 1944 Water Treaty.
The Commissioner shared this statement:
“Enough is enough. We’re done sitting around waiting for someone else to act. There is no reason the water overflow south of the Amistad and Falcon International Reservoirs should go down the Rio San Juan to the Rio Grande and be wasted. The water belongs in the hands of those who need it most, not lost to the Gulf.”
