Colonias in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas: A Summary Report, PRP 18
Date
1977
Authors
Estes, Mark
Haynes, Kingsley E.
Hazleton, Jared E.
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Publisher
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Abstract
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Description
During the 1975-76 academic year a Policy Research
Project of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
focused on development in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The project concentrated on examining the water-related
problems of the colonias of the the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of South Texas. We believe, as a result of the
findings of our study , that through the "208" Regional
Water and Waste Water Planning Program of the Federal
Government there is a rare opportunity for the state and
the region to create the environment within which positive
local decisions can substantially assist an important but
poverty stricken group within the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Keywords
Texas , public affairs , colonias , Rio Grande Valley , water supply , sewage treatment , water , sewage , land use , water quality , public policy , poverty , flooding