by Sofia Cerda Campero | Jan 30, 2018 |
Unlike the surface water of the Rio Grande, which is governed by a 1906 treaty, there are no agreements governing binational use of aquifers that straddle the U.S.-Mexico border. When Ciudad Juárez started drinking from the Mesilla Bolson, the effects were felt on the...
by Sofia Cerda Campero | Jan 29, 2018 |
EL CAMELLO, Mexico – A dozen workers from southern Mexico, the youngest not quite a teenager, tip back glass bottles of ice-cold Coca-Cola in a plowed field just steps from the U.S. border. They have been clearing rocks under a blazing sun for Mennonite farmer Pedro...
by Sofia Cerda Campero | Jan 24, 2018 |
MESILLA VALLEY – “Ultimately, like they say, the river pays for all of it.” Pecan farmer John Clayshulte is talking about groundwater and its ancient link to the Rio Grande. He has come in from the orchards, a quick respite. Irrigation season is beginning, but...
by Sofia Cerda Campero | Jan 23, 2018 |
U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER – As binational water controversies go, this one may matter to only two people: an American rancher and a Mexican farmer. More to the point: It may matter only to the one most likely to get hung out to dry. It was a warm February day when rancher...
by Sofia Cerda Campero | Jan 17, 2018 |
When a drinking water pipeline built by Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso bypassed Anapra to serve other Ciudad Juárez neighborhoods, residents asked why. This is the third in a five-part series. The first two installments were published on June 25 and July 2. ANAPRA,...
