Minute No. 289 of the International Boundary and Water Commission United States and Mexico entitled observation on the quality of the waters along the United States and Mexico Border.

This Minute makes various observations on the joint efforts of the United States and Mexico on the improvement of water quality and border sanitation and makes recommendations to the two Governments with respect to the adoption of a Joint report of the Principal Engineers Relative to Determination of the Presence of Toxic Substances in the Water of the Rio Grande in its international Boundary Reach signed by the two responsible engineers representing their respective countries. The Commission holds the report to be in line with standards set Minute No. 279 and partly in the quality monitoring program and database understandings outlined in the Integrated Border environment Plan. The IBWC shall submit within six months also improvements on the Joint Report to the Governments.