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By Susan Lauer

Te San Ysidro reatment Plant (let) is located on the international border withijuana just over the ence.



he news that our riends, the U.S. and Mexican International Boundary

and Water Commission (IBWC) Commissioners, died in a small plane crashSept. 15 about 13 miles over the exas border in Mexico hit us hard at the

Foundation. U.S. Commissioner Carlos Marin and Mexican Commissioner Arturo

Herrera were assessing Rio Grande ood conditions in the border areas to coordinate

joint response eorts with local ocials and the Mexican government. Jake Brisbin, Jr., Execu-tive Director o the Rio Grande Council o

Governments, and the pilot also were killed.

Te water world is a small community that includes stakeholders, government ocials and

we who cover them. We have been riends with

both Commissioners or several years. Com-missioner Herrera served on the Foundation’s Colorado River Project Advisory Committee.

He was helpul in guiding our program as we analyzed Colorado River border issues. Both

Commissioners Herrera and Marin spoke at many o our conerences and reviewed many o our publications. I know that the word “gentleman” is an

old-ashioned word but to me it personifes the way both these men con-ducted themselves. It’s not surprising that they died while working together

to coordinate eorts.

It’s always sad when we lose respected colleagues in the prime o their careers,

and we truly will miss them. Let’s remind ourselves that because lie is short we need to redouble our eorts to reach agreements and cooperate to solve

issues. Tat would be a ftting tribute.

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2 • Colorado River Project • River Report • Winter 2008-2009

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– Proessor Rodolo Cruz Piñeiro.

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stressed the importance o cooperation in his opening speech at the XXVI Annual Border Governors Conerence in August.



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San Ysidro Wastewater reatment Plant will be upgraded to treat 25 million gallons o wastewater a day.



January15-16 National Salinity Summit , ss by Mu-S Sy C,

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m: .bm@sbgb., wb: h://w.msu.u//NSS. 22-23 Adaptation to Climate Change in the Desert Southwest , ss by

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28-30 51st Colorado Water Congress Annual Convention, D, COC: 33-37-1, m: [email protected]: h://www.wgss.g/u.s?_g_=

February 3-5 Annual Conerence, ss by N W Rsus Ass,

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26-27 14th International Water Conservation and Xeriscape Conerence, ssby Xs Cu Nw Mx, Abuququ, NM. • C: 55-46-11, wb: h://www.xsm.m/xs_s//x.h

12-13 Nevada Water Law , ss by CLE I, R, NV C: -73-713,

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Contact Sue McClurg with your calendar items rom July 2009 through December 2009 or inclusion in the Summer issue o River Report, [email protected] or 717 K Street, Suite 317, Sacramento, CA 95814

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– Halla Razak,

San Diego County Water Authority



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