Transboundary aquuifers and binantional ground water database for the city of El Paso / Ciudad Juarez area

This document integrates official ground-water data from the United States and Mexico into one data base. These data were exchanged during a series of official meetings held in the offices of the Comisión Internacional de Limites y Aguas and the International Boundary and Water Commission, respectively in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas. In addition to the international ground-water data base, this document includes a general report that summarizes and integrates the data graphically, and prepares other hydrogeologic maps and figures from the published literature. The graphics and maps in the report are mostly limited to the data in the attendant ground-water data base. However, additional surface water and ground-water data that were derived from previously published sources are presented in a few figures. The earlier data have been officially approved and archived by the U.S. Geological Survey, the International Boundary and Water Commission, and the Comisión Nacional del Agua. By international agreement the format of this general report provides limited processing of ground-water data, but no discussion of the significance or ramifications of the data or figures. The reader is at liberty to derive independent conclusions from these data that do not reflect the official opinions, either expressed or implied, of the principal participants in the study

The Transboundary Paso del Norte Region

This chapter illustrates the potential to advance transboundary water resources management in a more comprehensive approach. The focus is given to the transboundary Paso del Norte (PdN) region which is considered as the most environmentally damaged, hydrologically developed, and prolific irrigation area in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Stakeholders from the US-Mexico PdN region provide insights into what needs to be done to foster sustainable adaptation of water allocation and management. A preliminary set of policy recommendations aims to highlight stakeholders’ preferences and interests and their integration into regional water resources management