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Dive deeper into the complex world of New Mexico water issues with our curated collection of articles.
Explore a wide range of topics, from the impacts of climate change and water overuse to success stories found in communities around the state. We provide insights into water security policy and planning, governance reform, legislative actions, and more, empowering you to become a more informed advocate for our precious water resource.
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From acequias to groundwater-dependent communities across the state, New Mexicans are living the consequences of the state's approach to water governance. To meet New Mexicans' diverse water needs, New Mexico must decentralize and democratize how it manages its most scarce and vital resource: water.
An acequia winds through an urban neighborhood, reflecting the challenges faced by small urban irrigators in preserving traditional water-sharing systems.
Water and Natural Resources Committee of the NM Legislature Public Comment Letter: Confronting Water Planning and Governance Neglect Executive Summary New Mexico faces escalating water crises—including aquifer depletion, unsustainable surface water use, unsettled tribal water rights, and the likelihood of […]
Learn how New Mexico legislators can build water resilience by watching two expert briefings on groundwater governance, compact compliance, and local water management solutions. Actions to match our needs begins with informed leadership.
New Mexico faces a water governance crisis decades in the making. This article calls for urgent legislative and executive action, accountability for unsustainable groundwater and river overuse, and implementation of the 2023 Water Security Planning Act to empower regional solutions.
The group discussion raised hard questions: Who knows? Who cares? Why must New Mexico’s water overuse, even that that creates shortages for other New Mexicans, be managed retroactively by judicial order rather than proactively by our elected and appointed officials?
New Mexico's Rio Grande Compact water debt has deepened to -161,400 acre-feet. A former ISC Director shares his provisional estimates and warns of looming violation, loss of control, and the urgent need for action.
Despite its importance, groundwater is too often treated as invisible or secondary—governed inconsistently, measured incompletely, and managed with outdated frameworks.
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