Location
UNLV Foundation Building, Blasco Event Wing
Start Date
1-4-2011 10:45 AM
End Date
1-4-2011 12:00 PM
Description
Panel Discussion: U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Perspectives
Colorado River Compact:
Allocates water among Upper Basin and Lower Basin
- 7.5 maf for each basin
- Extra 1 maf for lower basin
Supplies Mexico first from surplus above total apportionment to upper an lower basins
- If surplus insufficient to supply Mexico, then Mexico’s share supplied equally by upper and lower basins
Upper division states “shall not cause” flow to lower basin to be less than 75 maf in 10 years
Keywords
Mexico; North America – Colorado River; Water rights; Water supply
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Environmental Policy | International Relations | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Sustainability | Water Law | Water Resource Management
Language
English
Included in
Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, International Relations Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Sustainability Commons, Water Law Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
Panel discussion presentation: Everything is connected — Why Mexico’s problems are everyone’s problems on the Colorado River, and the other way around
UNLV Foundation Building, Blasco Event Wing
Panel Discussion: U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Perspectives
Colorado River Compact:
Allocates water among Upper Basin and Lower Basin
- 7.5 maf for each basin
- Extra 1 maf for lower basin
Supplies Mexico first from surplus above total apportionment to upper an lower basins
- If surplus insufficient to supply Mexico, then Mexico’s share supplied equally by upper and lower basins
Upper division states “shall not cause” flow to lower basin to be less than 75 maf in 10 years
Comments
Moderator: Tom Piechota, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Consists of 9 PowerPoint slides