Precious Resource: Water Issues in the Lower Rio Grande Basin : the Population-environment Report |
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According acre acre-feet actions additional agencies agriculture allow Amistad amount Austin benefit binational border Brownsville Cameron capacity Chang cities communities conservation consumption Continued cooperation cost County created critical crops dependable distribution districts drought effective efficiency efforts estimated extend factors Falcon farmers feet Figure final flood flows future gallons given growing growth habitat impact important improve increased industrial irrigation land levels limited Lower Rio Lower Rio Grande meet ment meters Mexican Mexico million municipal natural needs option percent planning plants population potential practices programs projects Ramirez raw water reduce water region require resacas reservoirs residents response result Rio Grande Basin Rio Grande Valley riparian river share soil species step storage stream Study surface sustainable Texas Texas Water Development tion treaties treatment TWDB United urban users waste water demand water loss water management water needs water rights water supply wildlife