The United States is holding back water payments to Mexico in order to send a message, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commissioner told Border Report. “The first action that the State Department has done is in denying water deliveries to Mexico in the Tijuana area,” U.S. IBWC Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner told Border Report last week. Under a 1944 international treaty, Mexico is supposed to send 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the United States via the Rio Grande over five-year cycles. … The United States, likewise, under the treaty is required to send to Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water from the Colorado River. But Giner says requested deliveries to Tijuana, Mexico, south of San Diego, were not recently fulfilled. And she says more holding back of water, and other resources, could come next if Mexico fails to send the U.S. water.

Other Colorado River news:

• Newsweek: Why US is refusing to give water to Mexico
• Moab Sun News (Utah): New bill would put Moab uranium site under local control
• KVOA (Tucson, Ariz.): Video: Climate Matters: AI simulations show projections for ground water and Colorado river
• Uken Report: Blog: (Calif. Assemblyman Jeff) Gonzalez appointed to Colorado River Forum