IBWC

Upper Rio Grande Coordinated Monitoring Meeting, March 21, 2023
2023-03-21 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Mexico_City) | Webinar
The annual Coordinated Monitoring Meetings gather parties that are currently conducting water quality monitoring activities in that portion of the basin as well as entities such as other state agencies that can provide input on monitoring. The group discusses the next fiscal year’s monitoring schedule.
Minutes: Click Here

Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum, March 15, 2023
2023-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Mexico_City) | Webinar
The USIBWC Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum Board held a public meeting on March 15, 2023, at the Mercedes, Texas, field office.
USIBWC Legal Advisor Jennifer Peña introduced a white paper titled “The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Water Deliveries under the 1944 Water Treaty: A Compendium of Ideas.” The white paper informs the Commission’s effort this year to develop a U.S.-Mexico agreement known as a Minute to improve the predictability and reliability of Rio Grande water deliveries to users in both countries.
Lisa Torres, USIBWC Environmental Protection Specialist, presented on the water quality of the Rio Grande in the Lower Rio Grande Valley as part of the USIBWC Texas Clean Rivers Program.
Press Release & Agenda
Minutes
Presentations:
Rio Grande Water Deliveries Under the 1944 Treaty: A Compendium of Ideas
Water Quality in Lower Rio Grande
LRG Projects
LOWER RIO GRANDE USIBWC CITIZENS FORUM
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. CST
Teams Webinar
Agenda
 Welcome and Introductions – Carlos Sanchez, Citizens Forum Co-Chair
 Remarks from the Commissioner – Dr. Maria-Elena Giner, P.E., Commissioner,
USIBWC
 Texas Clean Rivers Program Rio Grande Basin Update, Water Quality Monitoring
Results, and Related Matters – Lisa Torres, Environmental Protection Specialist, Texas
Clean Rivers Program for the Rio Grande Basin, USIBWC
 Rio Grande Water Treaty Issues and Opportunities (New USIBWC White Paper) –
Jennifer Peña, Legal Advisor, USIBWC
 Public Comment
 Board Discussion
 Suggested Future Agenda Items

Upper Rio Grande Citizens Forum, February 23, 2023
2023-02-10 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Phoenix) | Webinar
The USIBWC Rio Grande Citizens Forum Board held a public meeting on February 23, 2023, via webinar.
Elizabeth Verdecchia, USIBWC Natural Resource Specialist, gave an update on USIBWC’s activities to implement riparian and aquatic habitat restoration projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and west Texas over the last several years.
Xochitl Aranda, USIBWC Chief of the Operations and Maintenance Division, presented on the effectiveness of No Trespassing signage on levees.
John Sproul, Program Coordinator and Manager of Rio Bosque Wetlands Park for the University of Texas at El Paso Center for Environmental Resource Management, presented on how the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park is integrated into water management in the Rio Grande valley.
USIBWC Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner shared information about Commission initiatives.
Press Release & Agenda: Click Here
RIO GRANDE CITIZENS FORUM
Thursday, February 23, 2023
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. MST
Teams Webinar
Agenda
• Welcome and Introductions — Citizens Forum Co-Chair
• Remarks from U.S. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner
• USIBWC Habitat Restoration Activities Update — Elizabeth Verdecchia, Environmental Protection Specialist, USIBWC
• Effectiveness of No Trespassing Signs along Levees — Xochitl Aranda, Chief, Operations and Maintenance Division. USIBWC
• Channel Maintenance and Hudspeth County Flooding Due to Sediment Accumulation — Xochitl Aranda, Chief, Operations and Maintenance Division,
USIBWC
• Wastewater Diversion from Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant to Rio Bosque Wetlands Park — John Sproul, Rio Bosque Wetlands Park Program Coordinator and Manager at the University of Texas at El Paso Center for Environmental Resource Management
• Public Comment
• Board Discussion
• Suggested Future Agenda Items

Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum, November 16, 2022
2022-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | CA
The USIBWC Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum Board held a virtual public meeting on November 16, 2022.
U.S. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner provided an overview of the USIBWC budget process and appropriations.
USIBWC Civil Engineer Karla Benitez discussed the Commission’s Amistad Dam Safety Mitigation Plan.
Press release: Press_Release_110722
Presentations:
CF_LRG_Amistad_Dam_Safety_Mitigation_Plan_111622
CF_LRG_Falcon_Dam_111622
LOWER RIO GRANDE CITIZENS FORUM
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. CST
Agenda
• Welcome and Introductions — Citizens Forum Co-Chair
• USIBWC Budget Process and Appropriations – Dr. Maria-Elena Giner,
P.E., Commissioner, USIBWC.
• Amistad Dam Safety Mitigation Plan — Karla Benitez, Civil Engineer,
USIBWC
• Public Comment (To make public comment, RSVP by noon on Nov. 15 to
sally.spener@ibwc.gov or 915-503-5542)
• Board Discussion
• Suggested Future Agenda Items

Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum, August 8, 2018
2021-08-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | Webinar
The USIBWC Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum Board held a public meeting on August 8, 2018, at the USIBWC field office in Mercedes, Texas.
Leslie Grijalva, Environmental Projection Specialist, USIBWC, discussed the water quality of the Rio Grande in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Jose Davila, Assistant Rio Grande Watermaster, presented on the Rio Grande Watermaster Program.
Press Release & Agenda: Click Here
Presentations:
Water Quality Presentation
TCEQ Watermaster Presentation
Meeting Minutes
USIBWC CITIZENS FORUM
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
USIBWC Conference Room
325 Golf Course Road*
Mercedes, TX 78570
Agenda
 Welcome and Introductions – Omar Rios, Citizens Forum Co-Chair
 Water Quality in the Lower Rio Grande: Annual Water Quality
Update– Leslie Grijalva, Environmental Protection Specialist, USIBWC
 Rio Grande Watermaster Program– Jose Davila, Assistant Rio Grande
Watermaster, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
 Public Comment
 Board Discussion/Suggested Future Agenda Items
