Mining of internationally shared aquifers: The El Paso-JuáRez case

Natural Resources Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 236-250

  Chávez, Octavio E ^a,b  

^a International City/County Management Association (ICMA)   (Mexico)

^b Border Information Institute (INFOMEXUS)   (Mexico)

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EID: 23544458012     PISSN: 00280739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (112)

1. See CITY OF EL PASO, DEP'T OF PLANNING, RESEARCH & DEV., POPULATION AND HOUSING TRENDS _ (1994).
2. See also INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, CONTEO _ (1995).
3. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, Water Production Supervisor, Junta Municipal de Aqua y Saneamiento de Ciudad Juarez, in Ciudad Juárez (July-Dec., 1998).
4. See CITY OF EL PASO, supra note 1, at _. See also Interviews with Roger Sperka, Geologist, El Paso Water Utility, in El Paso, Texas, in the offices of the El Paso Water Utility (Aug.-Sept., 1998).
5. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2; Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
6. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2; Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
7. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
8. Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
9. See El Paso Water Utility, Water Resources (visited Sept.-Dec., 1999) 〈http://www.epwu.org/souces.html〉.
10. SEE INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS AND BINATIONAL GROUND-WATER DATA BASE, EL PASO TX/CIUDAD JUÁREZ 3 (1998).
11. See id.
12. See id.
13. See id.
14. See El Paso Water Utility, supra note 8.
15. See Univ. of Tex. at El Paso, Paseo del Norte Sustainable Water Use Strategy: An Economic Development Strategy for the Sustainable Use of Water in the Paso del Norte Region (last modified June 29, 1998) 〈http://www.utep.edu/rio〉.
16. Interviews with Roger Sperk, supra note 3.
17. See id.
18. See El Paso Water Utility, supra note 8.
19. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
20. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 16.
21. See id.
22. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, swpra note 2.
23. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
24. Convention between the United States and Mexico for the Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande, May 21, 1906, U.S.-Mex., T.S. No. 455.
25. Interviews with Humberto Uranga, Public Relations Manager, Junta Municipal de Aqua y Saneamiento de Ciudad Juárez, in Ciudad Juárez (July-Oct. 1998).
26. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 6 fig.21; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
27. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 6 fig.21; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
28. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 6 fig.21; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
29. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 6 fig.21; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
30. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
31. See id.
32. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9 at 1.
33. See "Ley de Agua Nacionales," D.O., 1 de diciembre de 1992 (Mex.).
34. See id.
35. See id.
36. See El Paso Water Utility, El Peso Water Utilities Public Service Board (visited Sept-Dec., 1999) 〈http://www.epwu.org/main.html〉.
37. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 7.
38. See id.; author estimates.
39. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 7.
40. Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
41. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9, at 7.
42. See id.
43. Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3; Interviews with Annai Padilla, Water Conservation Program, El Paso Water Utility, in El Paso, Texas, in the offices of the El Paso Water Utitlity (July-Dec., 1998); Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2; Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
44. Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24; Interviews with Annai Padilla, supra note 42.
45. Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
46. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2; Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
47. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2; Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
48. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2; Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
49. See El Paso Water Utility, Water Systems (visited Sept.-Dec. 1999) 〈http://www.epwu.org/water.html〉.
50. See id.
51. See id.
52. Interviews with Annai Padilla, supra note 42.
53. See id.
54. See id.
55. Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
56. See id.
57. See id.
58. See id.
59. See id.
60. See id.
61. See id.
62. See id.
63. See El Paso Water Utility, supra note 48.
64. See id.
65. See id.
66. See id.
67. See id.
68. Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
69. See El Paso Water Utility, supra note 48.
70. See id.
71. See id.
72. See CITY OF EL PASO, supra note 1, at _; Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3.
73. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
74. See id.
75. See id.
76. See id.
77. See id.
78. See id.
79. See id.
80. See id.
81. See id.
82. See id.; Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
83. Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24. See also DIAGNOSTICO DE OPERACION DE LA JUNTA MUNICIPAL DE AGUA Y SANEAMIENTO DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ_(1995) (study conducted for the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission).
84. Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
85. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
86. See id.
87. See id.; Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
88. See Univ. of Tex. At El Paso, supra note 14.
89. See id.
90. Interviews with Roger Sperka, supra note 3; Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
91. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
92. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9.
93. See id.
94. These comments have been collected by the author for years as he has interacted with officials from both utilities.
95. See El Paso Water Utility, supra note 8.
96. See id.
97. See id.
98. See id.
99. See id.
100. See id.
101. See id.; Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
102. Interviews with Humberto Uranga, supra note 24.
103. Interviews with Jose Manuel Canizales, supra note 2.
104. See id.
105. See id.
106. See id.
107. See id.
108. Univ. of Tex. at El Paso, supra note 14.
109. See id.
110. See INT'L BOUNDARY & WATER COMM'N, supra note 9.
111. The author participated in the exercise.
112. The author was a member of the Committee at the time.