The clock is ticking down on Mexico’s deadline this month to pay the United States water it owes under a 1944 international treaty. So far, Mexico has paid less than half what it owes during this five-year cycle, which ends on Oct. 25. … Mexico must pay the United States 1.75 million acre-feet of water every five years. The current cycle ends Oct. 25 but so far they have only sent 807,980 acre-feet to the Rio Grande. … Under the treaty, the United States must send Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water annually via the Colorado River out West.

Other U.S.-Mexico water news:

• Mexico Business News: Mexico struggles to meet water delivery deadline
• City News Service (Los Angeles): Foundation awards $650K in binational grants for Tijuana River projects​