Join State Senator Harold Pope, Jr. and New Mexico Water Ambassadors Dr. Ladona Clayton and Patrick McCarthy to hear about outcomes of the 2025 Legislature, what water laws were passed, where water funding was appropriated, the water issues that were funded, and the water priorities that were not. Hear their suggestions for advocates this year to obtain better water resources management funding outcomes from the 2026 Legislature.
New Mexico entered 2026 with a 132,000 acre-foot delivery debt and 68,000 acre-feet of margin before it violates the Rio Grande Compact. Through July the state is another 37,000 acre-feet behind, 87 miles of riverbed are dry, and Elephant Butte holds 27,000 acre-feet — 1.3 percent of capacity. A dry 2027 could push the debt […]