Eight decades ago, the United States and Mexico signed an agreement, now known as the 1944 Water Treaty, to govern the sharing of waters of the Colorado river and the Rio Grande. According to this treaty, The United States is required to deliver 1 1/2 million acre feet, or just under 500,000 gallons of water from the Colorado river to Mexico each year. Similarly, Mexico is obligated to deliver 1.75 million acre feet to the United States from the Rio Grande river every five years. (00:26–00:38)
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Asserts the U.S. water delivery obligation to Mexico under the 1944 Water Treaty.
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