Acting on pressure from leaders of The Border Organization, Del Rio "City council members pledged Tuesday to join The Border Organization in San Antonio Monday to voice opposition to a proposal to export Val Verde County water east to San Antonio via pipeline.

Sandra Fuentes, a co-chair of The Border Organization, a grassroots citizens' group, told the city council Tuesday night, "...We are faced by an impending crisis...The crisis that would see the springs and its water, a resource that belongs to all of us, that is used as a public good and preserved for the good of all, could possibly be turned into a private commodity to be exploited and depleted for the benefit of a few..."

City Council Pledges Support to Join Border Organization to Oppose Pipeline, Del Rio News Herald