Overview
- According to a joint communiqué, deliveries totaling 249.163 million cubic meters will begin the week of December 15 to address current management and a prior-cycle shortfall.
- President Donald Trump had demanded immediate releases roughly equal to 200,000 acre-feet and threatened a five percent tariff, accelerating bilateral talks.
- Mexico’s foreign ministry said the country has not violated the treaty, citing an extraordinary drought and provisions that allow deferred deliveries between five-year cycles.
- Binational sanitation efforts continue separately for the Tijuana–San Diego corridor under Acta 328 and an EPA–SEMARNAT memorandum that funds thirteen projects.
- The U.S. completed a provisional expansion of the South Bay treatment plant in August and plans a larger upgrade, while Mexico will add collectors and expand its plant, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum.