US, Mexico cut Colorado River deal 17%

The US and Mexico have reduced the Colorado River water allocation for Mexico by 17%, as part of a new agreement known as Minute 334. This move comes after over 80 years of shared management under the 1944 Water Treaty, which guarantees Mexico an annual delivery of 1.5 million acre-feet of water under normal conditions. The new agreement, signed on September 2 in El Paso, Texas, marks a rare success story of cross-border cooperation amid growing strain on the waterway.

Mexico will absorb its largest cuts yet, with its allocation reduced by 250,000 acre-feet, equivalent to more than 100,000 Olympic swimming pools.

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