El Paso used to rely exclusively on the Rio Grande for its water. But the vulnerability associated with the city’s overreliance on the river became painfully clear starting in the late 1940s during the state’s drought of record. By 1951, the city’s water department warned that the river would not provide enough water to meet […]

Source: Our Water Matters: El Paso pursues a ‘drought-proof’ water supply | Big Bend Sentinel