Abstract
Rapid economic and population growth along the US — Mexican border has had numerous environmental implications. Chief among these is the impact of this growth on the two countries’ shared water resources. Today, both sides of the border face problems with respect to both water quality and water availability (Emerson, 1991). Not only do they represent a potential threat to the heath to border inhabitants, but they are also likely to be a major constraint to the area’s future economic growth.
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Gunning, M.J. (1996). The Projected Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Transboundary Water Management between Mexico and the U.S.A.. In: Ganoulis, J., Duckstein, L., Literathy, P., Bogardi, I. (eds) Transboundary Water Resources Management. Nato ASI Series, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61438-5_7
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