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Drought Fuels Water War Between Texas and New Mexico
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on January 18, 2013
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As climate change alters rainfall patterns and river flows, tensions are bound to rise between states and countries that share rivers that cross their borders. In the Rio Grande Basin of the American Southwest, that future inevitability has arrived. Last week Texas, suffering through a devastating drought, filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court…
