![Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) wrote to Mexican President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday, July 8th, requesting a meeting to address water deliveries owed to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. As of June 29th, the Mexican government owes the United States 896,567 acre feet of water. Image Source Mexico President; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. De La Cruz; Courtesy Image; River Image Source: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons](https://texasborderbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Water-Delivery-De-La-Cruz-1.jpg)
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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) wrote to Mexican President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday, July 8th, requesting a meeting to address water deliveries owed to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. As of June 29th, the Mexican government owes the United States 896,567 acre feet of water.
“As you are aware, under the 1944 Water Treaty, Mexico pledged to supply the United States with an average 350,000 acre feet of water annually over a five year cycle,” De La Cruz wrote. “Unfortunately, there have been consistent delays in meeting these obligations which is causing agriculture in the Rio Grande Valley to suffer.”
De La Cruz’s letter concludes with a request “to make immediate releases of water to the United States as owed under the 1944 Water Treaty” and a request for an in-person meeting between the congresswoman and the president-elect.
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WASHINGTON – La congresista Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) le escribió a la presidenta electa de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, el lunes 8 de julio, solicitando una reunión para abordar las entregas de agua debidas a Estados Unidos según el Tratado de Aguas de 1944. Hasta el 29 de junio, el gobierno mexicano le debe a los Estados Unidos 896,567 acres-pie de agua.
“Como usted sabe, bajo el Tratado de Aguas de 1944, México se comprometió a suministrar a Estados Unidos un promedio de 350,000 acres-pie de agua anualmente durante un ciclo de cinco años,” escribió De La Cruz. “Desafortunadamente, han habido retrasos constantes en el cumplimiento de estas obligaciones, lo que están causando que la agricultura en el Valle del Río Grande sufra.”
La carta de la Congresista De La Cruz concluye con una solicitud “para hacer entregas inmediatas de agua a Estados Unidos como se debe bajo el Tratado de Aguas de 1944” y una solicitud de una reunión en persona entre la congresista y la presidenta electa.