Water begins to flow down the channel of the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico after being released from Caballo Lake on March 8. These water deliveries are at stake in the Texas v. New Mexico Supreme Court case. (Photo by Martha Pskowski / Inside Climate News)
A new chapter in the decade-long lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court over Rio Grande water is set to begin.
After a close, 5-4 ruling from the Supreme Court dashed a proposed deal to end the litigation, the federal government and states of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas have been ordered back to mediation, which begins Tuesday in Washington D.C…