1 / 18

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Section of International Law 2011 Spring Meeting Is water the New Oil: Tales from the Battle

bambi
Download Presentation

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Section of International Law 2011 Spring Meeting Is water the New Oil: Tales from the Battle

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    1. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Section of International Law 2011 Spring Meeting Is water the New Oil?: Tales from the Battle Over Transboundary Water Resources in North America Russell Frisbie International Boundary and Water Commission U.S. Section April 7, 2011

    3. A Dry (and drying ) Region

    4. IBWC Mission The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, is responsible for applying the boundary and water treaties between the two countries and settling differences that arise in their application.

    5. IBWC Border Monuments

    8. USIBWC Offices The Commission maintains offices at sister cities throughout the border region where we have projects from San Diego-Tijuana to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Our Headquarters offices are in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.The Commission maintains offices at sister cities throughout the border region where we have projects from San Diego-Tijuana to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Our Headquarters offices are in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

    9. Colorado River Basin

    14. International Storage Dams Amistad Dam (Del Rio, TX) Falcon Dam (Falcon Heights, TX) Purposes Flood Control Recreation Hydroelectric Power Water Supply

    15. Regional Biocontrol Project

    16. Presidio, Texas/Ojinaga, Chihuahua

    17. Saltcedar Leaf Beetle Impact

    18. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Section of International Law 2011 Spring Meeting Is water the New Oil?: Tales from the Battle Over Transboundary Water Resources in North America Russell Frisbie International Boundary and Water Commission U.S. Section April 7, 2011

More Related