Mission is to provide binational solutions to issues that arise during the application of United States – Mexico treaties regarding boundary demarcation, national ownership of waters, sanitation, water quality, and flood control in the border region. Also includes Mexican section. The U.S. section, located in El Paso, Texas, is administered by the Department of State; the Mexican section, located in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, is known as Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA) and is administered by the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. The U.S. IBWC operates the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant located in Rio Rico.
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
