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 Type du document Bilatéral Champ d'application Régional/restreint Date Fév 3, 1944 Source FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-149721) Lieu d'adoption Washington Langue Anglais Entrée en vigueur Nov 8, 1945 Sujet Eau Mot clé Eaux continentales Pollution des eaux douces/qualité des eaux douces Accord international-texte Berge Priorités Ouvrages Gestion des resources en eau douce Allocation/quota Inondation Aire géographique Amérique du Nord Bassin Colorado, Tijuana, Rio Grande (Amérique du Nord) Résumé 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. Texte intégral Autre Site web www.ibwc.state.gov Pays/Territoire/Participant Vue étendue Montrer la carte Des pays Entrée en vigueur Mexique - États-Unis d'Amérique - reset zoom out zoom in