State Rep. Terry Canales has sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott about the Rio Grande Valley's "critical water challenges." RGV Partnership and COSTEP leaders say he was right to do so.
The South Texas border town of Mission is known for its citrus industry. It's slogan is "Home of the grapefruit." But groves of grapefruit, lemon and orange trees could soon be a sight no more as water scarcity within the Rio Grande Valley is beginning to significantly affect agriculture here, and towns and communities are having to adjust because of Mexico's inability to pay the United States water it owes. | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico