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water  Posted: Updated:  The southern part of Texas is parched.
So dry, managers of irrigation districts servicing large cities
like McAllen, as well as individual farmers, are issuing a
warning: trouble may be lurking.  The answer to the problem may
come from the water flowing into the river separating Texas from
Mexico. Despite drought conditions in the region, fisherman
report favorable levels.  "It's pretty high, one said, as he
pointed to a landmark. " Last time I came it was under that
thing right there."  The problem is Rio Grande is controlled by
the International Boundary and Water Commission, an agency
responsible for enforcing the 1944 water treaty between the
United States and Mexico. That treaty governs the flow of water
from the river and requires Mexico to send the United States 350
thousand acre feet of water every year.  Unlike this southern
region of the United States,