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The Long Drink: How the Rio Grande Valley Drinks a 1,896-Mile River

Investigative-style thumbnail showing a map of the Rio Grande from Colorado to South Texas, with the river route highlighted and labeled 1,896 miles. The graphic includes drought imagery, a glass being filled from a faucet labeled McAllen, Texas, and bold headline text reading “The Long Drink: How the Rio Grande Valley Drinks a 1,896-Mile River.”
The Rio Grande Valley depends on a river that begins nearly 1,900 miles away. This story follows that journey from snowmelt to South Texas taps and explores what it means for a region tied to one shrinking lifeline.

 
 
 

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