Mealey's ( February 7, 2023, 1:24 PM EST) -- CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Texas, New Mexico and Colorado say an Effective El Paso Index will be the centerpiece to resolving their dispute about the apportionment of Rio Grande water and tell a U.S. Supreme Court special master that he should deny the United States’ objections to the settlement, according to a brief in support of the consent decree released Feb. 6....