Hardy River

Hardy River

The Hardy River ( _es. Río Hardy) is a 16.25 mile-long Mexican river formed by residual agricultural waters from the Mexicali Valley and running into the Colorado River.

Wildlife

The Rio Hardy is home to a variety of wildlife, including the mosquitofish and the sailfin molly [http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Arizona/Documents/ECReports/YCR_EC_RPT.pdf] .

The Hardy's wetlands are a nesting ground for the Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula). The wetlands and bird habitat are part of a protected Mexican Biosphere Reserve called the "Reserva de la Biosfera del Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado", [http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/DecidingAboutCoR%20Delta.html] .

Water Quality

In recent years, the Hardy has become a drain for agricultural waters polluted with pesticides and fertilizers from the Mexicali Valley [http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/16029] . The water qualty in the Hardy is being monitored at Mexicali by the "Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo A.C." to measure the effects of discharge from the Las Arenitas wastewater treatment plant [http://www.epa.gov/border2012/regional/workgroup-ca.html] .

ources

* [http://www.bajacalifornia.gob.mx/english/Our_State/resourses/hidrology.jsp The State of Baja California: Hydrology]
* [http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/DecidingAboutCoR%20Delta.html Deciding About the Colorado River Delta, River Report, Water Education Foundation, Spring 1999, by S. Joshua Newcom]
* [http://www.epa.gov/border2012/regional/workgroup-ca.html E.P.A.: California-Baja California Regional Workgroup: California-Baja California Water]
* [http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/16029 A tribe without a river, by Celia Rosario Rivas and Luis Carlos Romero-Davis, Tucson Citizen, June 20, 2006]
* [http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Arizona/Documents/ECReports/YCR_EC_RPT.pdf Contaminants in Potential Prey of the Yuma Clapper Rail, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]


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