THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN INTERVENE IN A WATER CASE PITTING TEXAS AGAINST NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO. THAT WAS THE RULING MONDAY FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH, WRITING FOR THE COURT, SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE ALLOWED TO MEET ITS FEDERAL WATER COMMITMENTS INVOLVING THE RIO GRANDE.
TEXAS TOOK ITS CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT FIVE YEARS AGO, ASKING THAT NEW MEXICO STOP PUMPING GROUNDWATER ALONG THE BORDER…SO MORE OF THE RIO GRANDE COULD FLOW SOUTH TO EL PASO.
