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Title of Report |
Date |
Available Format |
Canutillo Bridge Post-Construction Noise Study |
12/2013 |
(450 KB) |
Country Club Road Bridge Post-Construction Noise Study |
12/2013 |
(450 KB) |
Environmental Assessments (EA) |
Western Boundary |
Environmental Assessment for Rehabilitation of the Levee System in the Tijuana River Flood Control Project |
12/2016
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(3.2 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment, Implement International Agreement for Deliveries to Tijuana, Baja California , of a part of Mexico's Colorado River Waters through the Southern California Aqueducts |
8/2001 |
(5 MB) |
Rio Grande |
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Arroyo Colorado at Harlingen Flood Flow Improvement Project Cameron County, Texas
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8/2020
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(7.63 MB)
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RMP-Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Environmental Assessment for the Continued Implementation of the River Management Plan for the Rio Grande Canalization
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12/2019
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(10.83 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Channel Maintenance Alternatives at Thurman I and II Arroyos in Hatch, NM, Rio Grande Canalization Project |
12/2017
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(23.46 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Alamito and Terneros Sediment and Vegetation Removal below Presidio Flood Control Project, Presidio, Texas |
1/2017 |
(7.78 MB)
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Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment : Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project in Vado, NM |
7/2014 |
(3.5 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment : Allowing Avian Hunting in Designated Areas along the Rio Grande Canalization Project, Sierra and Doña Ana Counties, New Mexico (Appendices) |
7/2014 |
(3 MB)
Appendices (24 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Non-Native Plant Control and Re-Establishment of Riparian Habitats Along the Rio Grange |
8/2012 |
(6 MB)
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Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment Improvements to the Mission Protective Levee System, Hidalgo County, TX |
10/2011 |
(10 MB)
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Improvements to the Arroyo Colorado South Levee, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas |
11/2010 |
(10 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment on the Improvements to the Arroyo Colorado North Levee Project |
6/2009 |
(45 MB)
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View the Final Environmental Assessment of Emergency Levee Repairs to the Presidio Flood Control Project, Station 7+00 |
4/2009 |
(6.7 MB)
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FINAL EA and FONSI for Improvements to the Rio Grande Rectification Project in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas |
3/2009 |
(46 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment (EA) Mission Levee dated February 26, 2007. (View in Browser 34 MB) |
2/2007 |
(34 MB)
(30 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project |
12/2007 |
(2 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment on Improvements to the North and Main Floodways Levee Systems |
11/2007 |
( 14 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment on Improvements to the Donna-Brownsville Levee System & Appendices (77 MB) |
9/2007 |
( 5 MB)
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FInal Environmental Assessment on the Rio Grande Rectification
Project: Flood Control
Improvements, Int'l Dam to Riverside Diversion Dam, El Paso, County, TX |
5/2007 |
(19 MB)
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Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Rio Grande Rectification Project, Flood Control Improvements International to Riverside Dam Comments due May 12, 2007 |
4/2007 |
(20 MB)
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Final Environmental Assessment Flood Control Improvements Lateral A/Retamal Dike Levee System |
3/2007 |
(15 MB)
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Flood Control Improvements Lateral A/Retamal Dike Levee System |
1/2007 |
(11 MB) |
Final Environmental Assessment Alternatives for Improved Flood Control of the Hidalgo Protective Levee System of 9/2005, prepared for the USIBWC by Parsons. |
9/2005 |
(30 MB)
(28 MB)
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Environmental Assessment Finding of No Significant Impact for the Retamal Sediment Removal Project (EA/NOSI) |
1/2004 |
(14 MB) |
Final Environmental Assessment for “Replacement of the Old American Canal” Located in El Paso, Texas |
12/2001 |
(24 MB)
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Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) |
Western Boundary |
USIBWC Issues Record of Decision for Final EIS of SBIWTP Clean Water Act Compliance |
5/2008 |
(640 KB)
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USIBWC announces the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Clean Water Act compliance at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, San Diego County, California, prepared by Parsons |
7/2005 |
(45 MB)
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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Clean Water Act Compliance at the South Bay International Waste Water Treatment Plant (SPANISH TRANSLATION) |
12/2004 |
(14 MB)
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Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Clean Water Act Compliance at the South Bay International Waste Water Treatment Plant. |
7/2005 |
(42 MB)
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Lower Colorado River Boundary and Capacity Preservation Project |
7/2003 |
(8 KB)
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Rio Grande |
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Environmental Impact Statement for Flood Control Improvements and Partial Levee Relocation USIBWC Presidio Flood Control Project |
2/2010 |
(10 MB)
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Final PEIS on Improvements to the USIBWC Rio Grande Flood Control Projects along the Texas-Mexico Border |
1/2008 |
(17 MB)
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Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project Brief w/ EIS |
2004 |
(24 KB)
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Rio Grande Canalization Project Brief w/ EIS and the 5/2004 River Management Plan | Biological Assessment | Draft EIS |
9/2004 |
(26 MB)
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Record of Decision on River Management Alternatives for the Rio Grande Canalization Project |
6/2009 |
(219 KB)
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El Paso - Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project with EIS |
4/2001 |
(11 KB)
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Hydrogeological Activities in the Conejos-Medanos/Mesilla Basin Aquifer, Chihuahua, Phase I
 Volume II - Appendices |
5/2011
5/2011
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(28 MB)
(53 MB)
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Biological Resources Survey, Rio Grande and Tijuana River Flood Control Projects New Mexico, Texas and California (Final Report) |
8/2005 |
(4 MB)
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Biological Assessment: USIBWC Rio Grande Projects, American Dam to Fort Quitman, Texas |
8/2001 |
(4 MB)
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Western Boundary |
2016 - 2017 Biennial Receiving Waters Monitorings and Assessment Report for the Point Loma and South Bay Ocean Outfalls |
8/2018 |
(17.48 MB)
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Binational Study of the Transboundary San Pedro Aquifer |
12/2016 |
(35.6 MB)
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Binational Study of the Transboundary San Pedro Aquifer (Spanish Version) |
12/2016 |
(14 MB)
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Spill and Transboundary Wastewater Flow Event Prevention and Response Plan (Spanish Version) |
12/2014 |
(7 MB)
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Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant Maximum Allowable Headworks Loading Development |
4/2009 |
(400 kb)
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FINAL REPORT: Coastal Observations and Monitoring in South Bay San Diego IBWC/Surfrider Consent Decree |
2/2009 |
(31 MB)
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Wastewater Characterization Study, City of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The study was prepared by the City of San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department. |
1/7/03 |
(2 MB)
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Binational Study Regarding the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Lower Colorado and New Rivers |
3/2003 |
(2 MB)
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Tijuana, Baja California Mexico Report #8 and for the City of Tecate, Baja California Report #1 and Report #2. |
6/31 - 12/02 |
(1.1 MB)
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Binational Nogales Wash United States/Mexico Groundwater Monitoring Program Final Report |
8/2001 |
(680 MB)
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Binational Study Regarding the Intensive Monitoring of the Rio Grande Waters in the Vicinity of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Between the U.S. and Mexico |
11/6 to 11/16/2000 |
(2.2 MB)
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Tijuana Wastewater Characterization |
3/15 to 12/14/00 |
(44 MB)
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Nogales Wash Groundwater Monitoring Program |
5/1998 |
(273 KB)
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Construction of Immediate Need (“Quick Fix”) Projects in Mexicali, B.C., Mexico as Part of the Solution to the Sanitation of the New River, Executive Summary, 1/ 1997. |
1/1997 |
(8.8 MB)
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Rio Grande |
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Third Phase of the Binational Study Regarding the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Upper Portion of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Between the U.S. and Mexico (Final Report) |
6/2004 |
(8 MB)
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Binational Study Regarding the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo and its Tributaries along the Boundary Portion between the United States and Mexico (Final Report) |
9/1994 |
(10 MB)
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Second Phase of the Binational Study Regarding the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo and its Tributaries along the Boundary Portion between the United States and Mexico (Final Report, Vol I of II) English Version |
4/1998 |
(14 MB)
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Second Phase of the Binational Study Regarding the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo and its Tributaries along the Boundary Portion between the United States and Mexico (Final Report, Vol II of II) English Version |
9/1997 |
(370 KB)
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Segunda Fase del Estudio Binacional Sobre la Presencia de Sustancias Tóxicas en el Río Bravo/Río Grande y sus Afluentes, en su Porción Fronteriza Entre México y Estados Unidos (Informe Final, Vol I of II) Versión en Español |
4/1998 |
(7 MB)
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2013 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, under IBWC Minute No. 242 |
03/2017 |
(725 KB)
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2012 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242 |
04/2014 |
(812 KB)
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2011 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242 |
09/2012 |
(334 KB)
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2010 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242 |
09/2011 |
(267 KB)
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2009 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242 |
12/2010 |
(231 KB)
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2008 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
6/2010 |
(223 KB)
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2007 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
8/2009 |
(208 KB)
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2006 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
1/2008 |
(230 KB
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2005 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
1/2007 |
(169 KB)
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2004 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
12/2005 |
(343 KB)
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2003 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
8/2004 |
(8.7 MB)
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2002 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242 |
10/2003 |
(8.7 MB)
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Flood Control Projects |
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Water Budget Study Final Report
Water Budget Study Final Report Appendices
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7/28/2017 |
Final Report (2.68 MB)
(Appendices 15.45 MB)
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Record of Decision for the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Improvements to the Tijuana River Flood Control Project |
6/30/2008 |

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Canutillo Floodwall Document - |
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FLO-2D Model Development Below Caballo Dam - URGWOM - Final Report on FLO-2D Model Development (5.6 MB - 4.3 MB) |
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(< 1MB)
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Minute 319 |
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Colorado River Limitrophe and Delta Environmental Flows Monitoring Final Report |
11/28/2018 |
(10.2 MB)
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Colorado River Limitrophe and Delta Environmental Flows Monitoring Interim Report |
5/19/2016
Posted 10/19/2016 |
(10.2 MB)
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Joint Report of the Principal Engineers Concerning the Results of the Water for the Environment and ICMA/ICS Exchange Pilot Program of Minute 319 on Colorado River Cooperative Measures |
12/10/2018
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(1.7 MB)
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Delta Monitoring Interm Appendices |
3/2016 |
(22.2 MB)
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Minute 320 |
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Kickoff Presentation by Jose Nuñez |
11/18/2015 |
(3 MB)
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City of San Diego - Storm Water |
11/18/2015 |
( 2 MB)
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Secretaria De Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (SDUE) |
11/18/2015 |
( 3 MB)
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Binational Core Group Meeting |
11/18/2015 |
(1 MB)
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Reunion Del Grupo Base Binacional Del Acta 320 |
11/18/2015 |
(< 1 MB)
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Tijuana River Watershed Task Force & Recovery Team Update |
11/18/2015 |
(6 MB)
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Minute 323 |
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Minute 323 Desalination Documents |
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Binational Study of Water Desalination Opportunities in the Sea of Cortez - Executive Summary (31 pages) |
4/2020 |
(1.2 MB)
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Binational Study of Water Desalination Opportunities in the Sea of Cortez - Consolidated (772 pages) |
4/2020 |
(21 MB)
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Binational Study of Water Desalination Opportunities in the Sea of Cortez - TM1 Water Supply Availability and Demand Analysis |
4/2020 |
(33 MB)
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