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Panorama of Falcon Lake, formed by the Falcon International Reservoir on the Rio Grande River between Mexico and Zapata County, TX, USA, on Dec 16, 2022. Mexico can be seen one-quarter the way inward from the right of the image. On the lake, in the distance, is a floating raw water pump that pushes through a floating pipeline that waterfowl perch on. In recent years, wildlife populations have increased in the lakeside habitat. After a planned U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA-funded dredging, when needed, the Siesta Shores Water Control and Improvement District will be able to access a more sustainable deeper water source.

USDA Rural Development RD Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that USDA is investing $102 million to expand access to housing and water infrastructure for socially disadvantaged rural people who live and work in 45 states and American Samoa during a visit to Siesta Shores and Falcon Lake. The 263 projects in which USDA invests will create economic opportunities and improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in rural America.

The investments are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to ensure that people living in rural America have equitable access to the infrastructure and economic opportunities they deserve.

“USDA invests in rural America because we know a strong community is rooted in its people,” Torres Small said. “Thanks to the leadership of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, USDA can help invest in opportunity and prosperity for all people, regardless of background or financial status, who make up the character and personality of our great country’s rural lands.”

The Siesta Shores Water Control and Improvement District in Zapata County, Texas, receives a $1 million Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant to purchase a filter upgrade along with new raw water pumps and electrical wiring. It also will install six-inch raw water piping and fittings to reach the deeper parts of the community’s water source, Falcon Lake.

These investments are in addition to the recent expansion of the Rural Partners Network (RPN), which is central to President Biden’s commitment to ensure all rural people can benefit from federal resources. Led by USDA with support from more than 20 federal agencies and commissions, RPN is part of an all-of-government strategy to champion rural people and places, including Native American communities.

These programs are Water and Waste Disposal Grants to Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands and Colonias, Appalachian Regional Commission Grants, Delta Health Care Grants, Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grants, Housing Preservation Grants, Rural Community Development Initiative Grants, Tribal College Initiative Grants, Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants, Rural and Native Alaskan Village Grants, Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants and Community Facilities Disaster Grant Program.

Falcon International Reservoir (also known as Falcon Lake or Dam) is located forty miles southeast of Laredo in Zapata County, on the Rio Grande. The dam and lake are managed jointly by the governments of the United States and Mexico through the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) for water conservation, flood control, hydroelectric energy, and recreation. The lake is named after María Rita de la Garza Falcón, for whom the town of Falcon (displaced by the creation of the reservoir) was named. The idea of a dam six miles east of the present site began about 1935, and the lake was approved by the treaty at its present location in the late 1940s.

USDA Media Illustration by Lance Cheung.
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