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Supreme Court Hears Rio Grande Water Rights Case

Clear skies over a large lake with a distinctive round hill and surrounding desert landscape.

3.22.24 – This week, U.S. Supreme Court justices heard arguments from attorneys representing New Mexico, Texas and Colorado, as the three states presented a plan that would resolve a decade-old water rights case. Source New Mexico reporter Danielle Prokop joins us from Washington, D.C. to ask how the high court’s decision will impact how we…

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Is a Settlement on the Rio Grande Coming Soon?

An aerial view of a lake in the desert.

8.4.23 – After the relatively wet years of the 1980s and ‘90s, New Mexico’s reservoirs started dropping in the 2000s. In cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, two water districts — one in New Mexico and another in Texas — agreed in 2008 on new ways to share water stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir.…

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