Water restrictions increase along the scorched border as Falcon Reservoir steadily fades

Water levels at Falcon International Reservoir fell to 9.7% as of Friday, according to a report by the Texas Water Development Board, because of the drought currently gripping the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico.

Major municipalities downstream from Falcon, including McAllen and Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley, have enacted more severe levels of water restrictions in the past few days in response to the rapidly decreasing availability of surface water in the region.

The National Weather Service in Brownsville (NWSB) visited Falcon Lake earlier this week in order to report on conditions.

“On a brutally hot day at Falcon Dam and State Park, two of our meteorologists witnessed some of the lowest lake levels on record,” NWSB said in a social media post. “We could practically feel the lake water evaporating in the 107 degree heat.”

Read more: https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2022-08-05/water-restrictions-increase-along-the-scorched-border-as-falcon-reservoir-steadily-fades