Nicolás Pineda Pablos is professor of public policy at the Colegio de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. His research focus is on water policy and urban water governance in Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border region.
The year 2019 marked a significant milestone in U.S.-Mexico hydrodiplomacy: seventy-five years since the two countries adopted the Treaty of 1944, which apportioned between them the waters of the Rio Grande, Colorado River, and Tijuana River.