De La Cruz proposes to withhold revenue from Mexico because it has not paid its waters loan.
The Laredo City Council is holding a special appointment on Wednesday at noon at the request of Mayor Victor Trevio, who wants to know how the state’s fresh water conservation and rainfall plan will go into effect in July.
He also requested details on upcoming ocean sources that Laredo you use because it is anticipated to run out of water by 2040.
The Rio Grande supplies all of its waters to the city’s over 260, 000 people, but the river is shrinking as a result of extreme heat, dryness, and missed water bills from Mexico, as mandated by a 1944 water agreement.
On Wednesday, U. S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R- Texas, announced that she had secured speech in a bill that had deny U. S. resources from Mexico for failing to comply with the agreement. The bill passed a committee in the house on Tuesday, but it must also pass the Senate and House in its entirety.
The government last month raised money concerns about a water protection plan involving its lady area Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, which has been in the works for more than two decades. The council held the unique city council meeting on Wednesday in Laredo.
This week, organizers from the nonprofit Rio Grande International Study Center, which studies the Rio Grande, the Eagle Pass Border Coalition, and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas formed the El Rio Es Vida Coalition ( The River is Life Coalition ) to represent water interests. They sent Trevio a letter outlining aggressive actions in relation to water.
” Thank you for your bold leadership on Laredo’s water challenges. You have a long history at the table.
forefront of naming that we are in a serious water crisis and that we must quickly solve it.
solutions. We think Laredo must come up with the quickest and most affordable solutions for our problems.
residents”, the letter reads.
The coalition wants to be a part of the discussion regarding possible water solutions for the city.
Several coalition members protested at City Hall in downtown Laredo on Monday after being denied access to meet with the mayor to discuss their water concerns.
” We need the best minds working together. In order to ensure a robust and genuinely inclusive process that benefits from the full knowledge of water issues that exist in our community, they wrote a list of recommendations.
The Rio Grande is a component of our history. We think that the rivers ‘ water itself is a product of our ancestors. We must treat the water with respect just as we do our ancestors”, Juan Mancias, Carrizo/Comecrudo tribal chairman, said in a statement.
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at [email protected].
