Description:
Border Water places transboundary water management in the frame of the larger binational relationship, offering a comprehensive history of transnational water management between the United States and Mexico. As we move into the next century of transnational water management, this important work offers critical insights into lessons learned and charts a path for the future.
Review Quotes: "Mumme's work is a towering achievement, the distillation of decades of careful observation, research, and interaction with key figures and scholars in the field. The framework outlined in this book and its magisterial insights into the stature of the 1944 Water Treaty set the standard for the field for decades to come."--Evan R. Ward, author of Border Oasis: Water and the Political Ecologyof the Colorado River Delta, 1940-1975
"In this extensively researched monograph, Stephen Paul Mumme tells a fascinating history--or more accurately, fascinating histories--about how the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) was born with the signing of the 1944 Water Treaty by the United States and Mexico just as World War II was ending. Mumme then explores three distinct phases of the IWBC's history that unfolded due to the treaty's existence and examines how well the IBWC has met the many challenges it has faced. Mumme closes with valuable lessons learned and insightful thoughts about what the U.S.-Mexico border region and the IBWC may see in their shared history of water diplomacy."--Christopher Brown, New Mexico State University