The U.S.-Mexico border is running out of water

+ trustees grant Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure US Edition - Today's top story: 'Megadrought' along border strains US-Mexico water relations [View in browser]( US Edition | 1 July 2021 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Mexico and the United States are tussling over scarce water because of a sustained drought and a population boom along the southern border. For decades the two countries peacefully shared the waters of the Rio Grande and the Colorado River Basin, following the rules set out in a 1944 treaty. But water was plentiful back then. Today, there’s not enough of it to go around – and Mexico is struggling to hold up its end of the deal. Robert Gabriel Varady, Andrea K. 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