ANOTHER Texas River DROPS to 0% — 14 Million Americans In DANGER Of Losing Water Supply скачать в хорошем качестве

ANOTHER Texas River DROPS to 0% — 14 Million Americans In DANGER Of Losing Water Supply

The Rio Grande is running dry — hundreds of miles of empty riverbed where the fifth-longest river in North America used to flow. The Rio Grande water crisis 2026 threatens 15 million people across the US-Mexico border as reservoirs collapse and Mexico's treaty debt hits an 80-year record. A landmark study found that 52% of water consumption in the Rio Grande basin is unsustainable. Elephant Butte Reservoir dropped to 3% capacity. Mexico owes the US 865,000 acre-feet of water under the 1944 treaty — the largest deficit in 80 years. Farmers face 89% allocation cuts. Texas's last sugar mill closed. And the aquifer beneath El Paso is dropping nearly 200 feet. This video covers the full crisis — from the dry riverbed in Albuquerque to the colonias where drinking water contains arsenic. Sources: Richter et al. (2025) — "Overconsumption gravely threatens water security in the binational Rio Grande-Bravo basin," Discover Water / Springer Nature Bureau of Reclamation — Elephant Butte Reservoir data, Rio Grande Project operations International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) — Weekly storage reports, Minute 331 USGS — Rio Grande streamflow data, Water Data for the Nation NRCS SNOTEL — Rio Grande Basin snowpack reports U.S. Drought Monitor — March 3, 2026 Drought.gov — Rio Grande watershed conditions NOAA Climate Prediction Center — Spring 2026 outlook NWS Missouri Basin River Forecast Center — Climate outlook World Wildlife Fund — Rio Grande Basin water crisis analysis Yale Environment 360 — "The Vanishing Rio Grande" / "As Rio Grande Shrinks, El Paso Plans" Inside Climate News — Rio Grande dry-outs ecosystem analysis Texas Tribune — South Texas drought emergency, colonias water access Texas Public Radio — RGV water crisis, Mexico treaty standoff Albuquerque Journal — Rio Grande drying, water management New Mexico Political Report — Rio Grande forecast AP — Rio Grande dry riverbed photography (Susan Montoya Bryan) Texas Monthly — Mexico water treaty analysis Al Jazeera — Trump tariff on Mexico water treaty USDA — $280M drought grant, Mexico treaty compliance El Paso Water — Desalination, Pure Water Center Texas A&M AgriLife — Agricultural loss estimates, colonias water quality Santa Fe New Mexican — NM farmer profiles, compact analysis High Country News / Alamosa Citizen — Pecan water consumption KUNM — Bosque cottonwood health, silvery minnow program defunding The Watchers — Rio Grande Fire, Bosque Farms American Rivers — 5th most endangered river designation #RioGrande #Drought #WaterCrisis #TexasDrought #NewMexico #ElPaso #MexicoWaterTreaty #RioGrandeValley #WaterWars #DroughtUpdate #ReservoirLevels #ElephantButte #ClimateChange #Agriculture #BorderCrisis #CrisisRadar