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Reports and Studies

EMD has the following environmental reports and papers available for review. Click on any of the report titles below to view them in the available format.   For faster viewing of larger files, right click on File Format icon or Title of Report below and select “Save Target As . . “ in Internet Explorer or “Save Link Target As . . “ in Netscape/Firefox and save to your hard drive first then view the file from the directory you saved to.

 

Title of Report

Date

Available Format

Canutillo Bridge Post-Construction Noise Study

12/2013

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Country Club Road Bridge Post-Construction Noise Study

12/2013

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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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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

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Rio Grande


Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Arroyo Colorado at Harlingen Flood Flow Improvement Project Cameron County, Texas

8/2020

 

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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

12/2019

 

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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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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

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Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment : Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project in Vado, NM

7/2014

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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

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PDF Icon Appendices (24 MB)

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

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Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment Improvements to the Mission Protective Levee System, Hidalgo County, TX

10/2011

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Improvements to the Arroyo Colorado South Levee, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas

11/2010

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Final Environmental Assessment on the Improvements to the Arroyo Colorado North Levee Project

6/2009

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View the Final Environmental Assessment of Emergency Levee Repairs to the Presidio Flood Control Project, Station 7+00

4/2009

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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

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Final Environmental Assessment (EA) Mission Levee dated February 26, 2007. (View in Browser 34 MB

2/2007

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Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project

12/2007

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Final Environmental Assessment on Improvements to the North and Main Floodways Levee Systems

11/2007

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Final Environmental Assessment on Improvements to the Donna-Brownsville Levee System &   Appendices (77 MB)

9/2007

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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

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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

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Final Environmental Assessment Flood Control Improvements Lateral A/Retamal Dike Levee System

3/2007

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Draft Environmental Assessment: Flood Control Improvements Lateral A/Retamal Dike Levee System

1/2007

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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

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Environmental Assessment Finding of No Significant Impact for the Retamal Sediment Removal Project (EA/NOSI)

1/2004

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Final Environmental Assessment for “Replacement of the Old American Canal” Located in El Paso, Texas

12/2001

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Lower Colorado River Boundary and Capacity Preservation Project

7/2003

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Rio Grande

 

 

Environmental Impact Statement for Flood Control Improvements and Partial Levee Relocation USIBWC Presidio Flood Control Project

2/2010

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Final PEIS on Improvements to the USIBWC Rio Grande Flood Control Projects along the Texas-Mexico Border

1/2008

Available in .Zip Format (17 MB)

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project Brief w/ EIS

2004

.PDF icon link to Report (24 KB)

Rio Grande Canalization Project Brief w/ EIS and the 5/2004 River Management Plan | Biological Assessment | Draft EIS

9/2004

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Record of Decision on River Management Alternatives for the Rio Grande Canalization Project

6/2009

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El Paso - Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project with EIS

4/2001

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Natural Resources

Hydrogeological Activities in the Conejos-Medanos/Mesilla Basin Aquifer, Chihuahua, Phase I
Volume II - Appendices

5/2011



5/2011

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Biological Resources Survey, Rio Grande and Tijuana River Flood Control Projects New Mexico, Texas and California (Final Report)

8/2005

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Biological Assessment: USIBWC Rio Grande Projects, American Dam to Fort Quitman, Texas

8/2001

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Water Quality Reports

Western Boundary

2016 - 2017 Biennial Receiving Waters Monitorings and Assessment Report for the Point Loma and South Bay Ocean Outfalls

8/2018

.PDF icon link to Report  (17.48 MB)

Binational Study of the Transboundary San Pedro Aquifer

12/2016

.PDF icon link to Report (35.6 MB)

Binational Study of the Transboundary San Pedro Aquifer (Spanish Version)

12/2016

.PDF icon link to Report (14 MB)

Spill and Transboundary Wastewater Flow Event Prevention and Response Plan (Spanish Version)

12/2014

.PDF icon link to Report (7 MB)

Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant Maximum Allowable Headworks Loading Development

4/2009

.PDF icon link to Report (400 kb)

FINAL REPORT: Coastal Observations and Monitoring in South Bay San Diego IBWC/Surfrider Consent Decree

2/2009

.PDF icon link to Report (31 MB)

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

.PDF icon link to Report (2 MB)

Binational Study Regarding the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Lower Colorado and New Rivers

3/2003

.PDF icon link to Report(2 MB)

 Tijuana, Baja California Mexico Report #8 and for the City of Tecate, Baja California Report #1 and Report #2.

6/31 - 12/02

.PDF icon link to Report (1.1 MB)

Binational Nogales Wash United States/Mexico Groundwater Monitoring Program Final Report

8/2001

.PDF icon link to Report (680 MB)

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

.PDF icon link to Report (2.2 MB)

Tijuana Wastewater Characterization

3/15 to 12/14/00

.PDF icon link to Report (44 MB)

Nogales Wash Groundwater Monitoring Program

5/1998

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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

.PDF icon link to Report (8.8 MB)

  Rio Grande

 

 

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

.PDF icon link to Report (8 MB)

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

.PDF icon link to Report(10 MB)

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

.PDF icon link to Report(14 MB)

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

.PDF icon link to Report(370 KB)

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

.PDF icon link to Report(7 MB)

Salinity Reports

2013 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, under IBWC Minute No. 242

03/2017

.PDF icon link to Report (725 KB)

2012 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242

04/2014

.PDF icon link to Report (812 KB)

2011 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242

09/2012

.PDF icon link to Report (334 KB)

2010 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242

09/2011

.PDF icon link to Report (267 KB)

2009 Report on Colorado River Salinity Operations, Under IBWC Minute No. 242

12/2010

.PDF icon link to Report (231 KB)

2008 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

6/2010

.PDF icon link to Report (223 KB)

2007 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

8/2009

.PDF icon link to Report (208 KB)

2006 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

1/2008

.PDF icon link to Report (230 KB

2005 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

1/2007

.PDF icon link to Report (169 KB)

2004 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

12/2005

.PDF icon link to Report (343 KB)

2003 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

8/2004

.PDF icon link to Report (8.7 MB)

2002 Report on Salinity Operations on the Colorado River Under Minute No. 242

10/2003

.PDF icon link to Report (8.7 MB)

Flood Control Projects

   

Water Budget Study Final Report


Water Budget Study Final Report Appendices

7/28/2017

.PDF icon link to ReportFinal Report (2.68 MB)

Available in .Zip Format(Appendices 15.45 MB)

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 -

   

FLO-2D Model Development Below Caballo Dam - URGWOM - Final Report on FLO-2D Model Development (5.6 MB - ZIP Icon 4.3 MB)

 

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Minute 319

   

Colorado River Limitrophe and Delta Environmental Flows Monitoring Final Report

11/28/2018

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Colorado River Limitrophe and Delta Environmental Flows Monitoring Interim Report

5/19/2016
Posted 10/19/2016

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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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Delta Monitoring Interm Appendices

3/2016

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Minute 320

   

Kickoff Presentation by Jose Nuñez

11/18/2015

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City of San Diego - Storm Water

11/18/2015

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Secretaria De Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (SDUE)

11/18/2015

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Binational Core Group Meeting

11/18/2015

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Reunion Del Grupo Base Binacional Del Acta 320

11/18/2015

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Tijuana River Watershed Task Force & Recovery Team Update

11/18/2015

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Minute 323

Minute 323 Desalination Documents

 

 

Binational Study of Water Desalination Opportunities in the Sea of Cortez - Executive Summary (31 pages)

4/2020

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Binational Study of Water Desalination Opportunities in the Sea of Cortez - Consolidated (772 pages)

4/2020

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Binational Study of Water Desalination Opportunities in the Sea of Cortez - TM1 Water Supply Availability and Demand Analysis

4/2020

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