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In Texas’ long-running fight with New Mexico over Rio Grande water rights, theU.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal government has a right to intervene in the dispute — a position backed by Texas officials.
The legal dispute began in 2014, when a Texas complaint argued that New Mexico was violating terms of the 1938 Rio Grande Compact, a Congress-approved agreement that divided the river’s water rights for users in the two states and Colorado.
Lone Star officials claimed that New Mexico violated the compact by allowing water allocated to Texas to instead be pumped from an area below the Elephant Butte reservoir, about 125 miles northwest of El Paso.
U.S. Supreme Court backs feds, Texas in water fight with New Mexico
The never ending saga is about to get interesting.
The legal dispute began in 2014, when a Texas complaint argued that New Mexico was violating terms of the 1938 Rio Grande Compact, a Congress-approved agreement that divided the river’s water rights for users in the two states and Colorado.
Lone Star officials claimed that New Mexico violated the compact by allowing water allocated to Texas to instead be pumped from an area below the Elephant Butte reservoir, about 125 miles northwest of El Paso.
U.S. Supreme Court backs feds, Texas in water fight with New Mexico
The never ending saga is about to get interesting.
