Article: Growth Parching the Rio Grande; River Can't Meet Border Cities' Need.

Transcript: Analysis: Decade-long drought near Rio Grande ...
NPR All Things Considered;  April 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... there. BURNETT: The Rio Grande water war has also pitted ... the Mexican city of Matamoros had no water for its ... million residents when the Rio Grande evaporated. Mr. SALVADORE TREVINO (Manager, Matamoros Water System): Yeah ...

Article: Mexican Officials Warn of Possible Flooding from Rio ...
Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  April 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Lares Apr. 8--MATAMOROS, Mexico -- Federal ... flooding from the Rio Grande, which was rising ... flows into the Rio Grande. Negrete said ... Nuevo Laredo, the Rio Grande discharge rated ... he said. In Matamoros discharge was at ...

Article: Rio Poco: the once-mighty Rio Grande has slowed to ...
E;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... discovered the Rio Grande in 1519, the river ... Brownsville and Matamoros were thriving ports ... 1,885-mile Rio Grande was a shallow lagoon ... the flow of the Rio Grande's tributaries ... time it reaches Matamoros, the river level ...

Encyclopedia entry: Rio Grande
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      649 words ...Rio Grande , river, c.1,885 mi ... Brownsville, Tex., and Matamoros, Mex. Other paired towns ... of water upstream. The Rio Grande is an important source of ... Today, dams on the Rio Grande are used for irrigation ...

Article: South Texas officials begin canvassing Rio Grande ...
AP Worldstream;  July 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... life or death. One person in Matamoros, Mexico, died after walking ... call to authorities. Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, power was restored ... towns on the northern tip of the Rio Grande Valley with a surprise. Officials ...

Article: Once-mighty Rio Grande is fast going dry
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of Laredo did not reach Matamoros, Mexico, the last city to receive Rio Grande water, causing at least ... 000 city taps to run dry. Matamoros officials are now talking ... enough water to fill the Rio Grande and its dams. The situation ...

Article: RIO GRANDE
Young Students Learning Library;      321 words ... ... southwestern Colorado. The Rio Grande grows wider as it flows ... forming the boundary. The Rio Grande often floods when rain ... Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico. (See the ... Americans call this river the Rio Grande, which means ``big ...