U.S. Supreme Court rejects NM and Texas deal on Rio Grande • Source New Mexico
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 21, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the federal government to block the deal Texas and New Mexico proposed to end a decade of litigation over Rio Grande water.
The decision made Friday morning now raises questions for if the states, and the federal government will have to go back to the negotiation table or stand before a judge.
The order stated that the 2022 deal hammered out between New Mexico, Colorado and Texas to measure water deliveries at El Paso — and allocate the river in southern New Mexico and far west Texas at a . . .
