US and Mexico agree fixed annual water deliveries under revised treaty
April 4, 2026
Al Jazeera English
Mexico and the United States have agreed to revise the 1944 water-sharing treaty, shifting Mexico’s five-year quota to fixed annual deliveries of more than 400 million cubic metres to the US. Farmers on both sides say predictability is crucial as drought deepens: growers in Chihuahua report empty rivers and missed planting, while in Texas some fields lie idle and reliance on rainfall persists.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Chihuahua, Mexico. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #USMexicoWaterDeal #ColoradoRiver #TransboundaryWater #DroughtCrisis #WaterScarcity #ChihuahuaMexico #TexasFarmers #1944Treaty #ClimateChange #AlJazeeraEnglish
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