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On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Texas v. New Mexico, holding that New Mexico was entitled to delivery credit under the Pecos River Compact for water stored at the request of Texas that evaporated during storage. The Pecos River originates in New Mexico and flows south through Texas into the Rio Grande River. Texas and New Mexico are parties to the Pecos River Compact, which provides for “the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Pecos River...

December 15, 2020 06:21:55 am The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of  New Mexico, ending the latest chapter in a decades-old water dispute involving the Pecos River. The conflict involves how water is apportioned between New Mexico and Texas under an interstate compact first approved by Congress in the mid-twentieth century. Texas v. New Mexico centers around the Pecos River, which originates in north-central New Mexico—near Santa Fe—and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Gr...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of New Mexico in a dispute with Texas over Pecos River water. The Pecos flows through eastern New Mexico, including Carlsbad, above, into Texas. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal Not so fast, Texas. The U.S. Supreme...

December 15, 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday morning in favor of New Mexico in a water dispute case with Texas involving the Pecos River Compact. The court denied a motion to review the Pecos River Master’s decision regarding evaporative losses that occurred while New Mexico was storing water upstream for Texas.  After a tropical storm hit the area in September 2014, the state of Texas asked New Mexico to store water it would normally deliver to Texas under the compact in the Brantl...

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions: Texas v. New Mexico, No. 65, Orig.: The States of New Mexico and Texas are parties to the 1949 Pecos River Compact, which provides for equitable apportionment of the use of that River’s water by the two States. In 2014, Texas asked New Mexico to temporarily store water from the River that would otherwise flow into Texas in an effort to prevent flooding. New Mexico stored the water as requested, and when it relea...

Monday, December 14, 2020 On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided  Texas v. New Mexico, holding that New Mexico was entitled to delivery credit under the Pecos River Compact for water stored at the request of Texas that evaporated during storage. The Pecos River originates in New Mexico and flows south through Texas into the Rio Grande River. Texas and New Mexico are parties to the Pecos River Compact, which provides for “the equitable division and apportionment of the...

Colin KalmbacherDec 14th, 2020, 1:27 pm The Pecos River merges with the Rio Grande (L), at the U.S.-Mexico border on October 16, 2016 near Landry, West Texas. The Rio Grande, which forms the Texas-Mexico border, is supplemented by various rivers along its course before flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Texas in a dispute with New Mexico over water rights. The case and decision present a somewhat uncommon instance of the court’s original jurisdict...

Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 10 Dec, 2020 Neil Grigg, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering In his nearly 50 years at Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Neil Grigg has inspired many of the thousands of students he has taught. He is known throughout the world as a leader in water resources and management. Grigg’s distinguished career, impactful mentoring and international influence were highlighted in a ceremony Dec. 5 in which G...

Rained out of the sky and then the wind trying to push all that water back up toward ed, too. >> yeah, its like a -- isnt it? behind me i have this cape river and this flows down into the atlantic basically. but whats happening is the surge will push it up at the same time that the flooding rain brings it down. and theres concern in the cape fear river, at 10 feet it floods. it could reach 22 if not 24 feet and of course all along this river here there are lagoons, all kinds of live stock that c...