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Drought-Sapped Rio Grande Fuels Water-Use Fight

A severe drought, coupled with mismanagement by Mexican water authorities, has debilitated the once-mighty Rio Grande. While diplomats fight over the scarce water, downriver farmers in Texas and Mexico grow increasingly desperate. For All Things Considered, John Burnett reports.

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