Our mission is to provide binational solutions to issues that arise during the application of United States - Mexico treaties regarding boundary demarcation, national ownership of waters, sanitation, water quality, and flood control in the border region.

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The U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), headed by Commissioner Bill Ruth, is a federal government agency and the U.S. component of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), which applies the boundary and water treaties of the United States and Mexico and settles differences that may arise in their application



EEO Data Posted Pursuant to the No FEAR Act updated October 2009: or	Freedom of Information Act Find F.O.I.A. compliance information and procedures on how to request information from U.S. IBWC.
Mexican Section of the IBWC Visit the web site of our counterpart agency, la Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA)	Rio Grande Water Flows Quick link to real time water flows of the Rio Grande

11/20/2009
Forty-Five day public review period starts on Draft Environmental Impact Statement Flood Control Improvements and Partial Levee Relocation, Presidio Flood Control Project

11/3/2009
USIBWC Awards Contract for Hidalgo Levee Work Funded by the Recovery Act

10/21/2009
USIBWC Breaks Ground on Recovery Act Levee Project

10/21/2009
FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Lower Rio Grande Projects on Agenda for October 21st Public Meeting in Mercedes, TX

10/19/2009
USIBWC Awards Contract Funded by the Recovery Act

10/7/2009
FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Lower Rio Grande Projects on Agenda for October 21st Public Meeting

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