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Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico for the utilization of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande

Tipo de documento
Bilateral
Campo de aplicación
Regional/restringido
Fecha
Feb 3, 1944
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX;  IUCN (ID: TRE-149721)
Lugar de adopción
Washington
Idioma
Inglés
Entrada en vigor
Nov 8, 1945
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Instalaciones Acuerdo internacional-texto Asignación/cuota Calidad de las aguas dulces/contaminación de las aguas dulces Aguas continentales Ribera Inundación Manejo de recursos hídricos Prioridades
Área geográphica
América del Norte
Cuenca
Colorado, Tijuana, Rio Grande (América del Norte)
Resumen

The Treaty is composed of twenty-eight articles. It distributes the waters in the international segment of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico. Pursuant to article 2 of the Treaty, the name of the International Boundary Commission (IBC) is changed to the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). Article 3 lists out the order of preferences that shall be used by the IBWC in making provision for the joint use of international waters, namely: 1) domestic and municipal uses; 2) agriculture and stockraising; 3) electric power; 4) other industrial uses; 5) navigation; 6) fishing and hunting; 7) any other beneficial uses which may be determined by the Commission. Preferential attention is given to the solution of border sanitation problems. Main provisions of the Treaty concern the following matters: a) distribution between the two parties of the waters of the Rio Grande and of the Colorado River; b) regulation and conservation of the waters of the Rio Grande for their use by the two parties by joint construction, operation and maintenance of international storage dams and reservoirs and plants for generating hydroelectric energy at the dams; c) protection of lands along the river from floods by levees, floodways and grade-control structures; d) solution of border sanitation and other border water quality problems; e) preservation of the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the international boundary. The Treaty also authorized the two countries to construct, operate and maintain dams on the main channel of the Rio Grande.

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Página web
www.ibwc.state.gov

País/Territorio/Participante

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Países Entrada en vigor
Estados Unidos de América -
México -