WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program Act (TAAP) (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/FLO26567.pdf), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to reauthorize and expand the federal program (https://wrrc.arizona.edu/programs/taap-transboundary-aquifer-assessment-program) supporting binational research on groundwater security, quantity, and quality in U.S.-Mexico border communities.
Many border communities rely on transboundary aquifers for drinking water, agriculture, and industry, but critical information on water availability and quality remains incomplete. The Transboundary Aquifer...