Water

The offer would allow communities in the Valley to use water from Mexico's San Juan River, a tributary to the Rio Grande.

The meter will also watch for leaks. The city-owned utility plans to replace all meters by the end of 2025 — about 610,000 in total.

The notice for Laredoans enters its second week after E. coli bacteria was detected in the municipal water supply.

The water-sharing systems between Mexico and the U.S. are facing one of the biggest tests in their 80-year history after Mexico has fallen behind on billions of gallons of water deliveries.

The utility’s budget for 2025 would be just over $1 billion – an increase of about 6% from this year.

Water levels at the Amistad and Falcon international reservoirs are currently at 19% and 12% of capacity, respectively. Some of the decrease is from lower inflows from the U.S. side of the river.

Many of the solutions are costly, putting them out of reach for small towns. But the region's most populous cities are getting innovative.

The lost water costs the cities millions and heightens the state’s water supply challenges.

Landscape watering under Stage 3 is still allowed once a week with an irrigation system, sprinkler, or soaker hose, but the hours have shifted to 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight.

Tuesday through Thursday will be the hottest days of a hot week for San Antonio, with air temperatures near 101 and heat indices around 110. Highs for the rest of the week will push near 100 through at least Saturday.