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16, 2008 Water Resources Conference By KRWG News Las Cruces –
New Mexico State University is looking beyond the border to find
answers to one of the scarcest resources of the arid Southwest -
water. In January .experts from around the United States, Mexico
and Israel will discuss similarities and problems of the Rio
Grande and Jordan River basins. The Rio Grande provides water
for Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. The Jordan River
supplies water in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
The Rio Grande water shed is regulated by two different treaties
between the U.S. and Mexico .The Jordan River is also regulated
by treaties - peace treaties between adjacent countries after
the 1967 Six Day War. 16 experts will speak .including Jean
Parcher from the U.S. Geological Survey Mid-Continent Geographic
Science Center in Austin, Texas. Parcher has done research on
transboundary geographic issues with an emphasis on the
U.S.-Mexico border r