Join us for a discussion with Mariel Nanasi and Melissa Troutman regarding the Governor’s “Strategic Water Supply.” The name of the project is extremely misleading. The Governor wants to subsidize private projects to provide industrial water supplies from oilfield produced water or deep brackish groundwater. Treatment will be incredibly expensive; the carbon footprint immense. These ideas don’t make sense. Spend time with our experts to learn why this detrimental water program is infeasible and takes time, energy, and money away from serious water planning, modernization, and water rights enforcement.
Past Events
Join three professionals who worked as members of the 2022 NM Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force to learn about the Water Security Agenda for the 2025 Legislature. The plain truth is the Legislature has, for years, neglected to adequately […]
Our panel in February featured Tricia Snyder from New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Sammi Kao from Conservation Voters New Mexico and Gabby O’Keefe from Lavendr. Tricia and Sammi reported on the water funding and policy actions of the 2024 Legislature. Gabby […]
This interactive workshop had a panel of three former members of the 2022 State Engineer’s Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force, Phil King, Ladona Clayton, and Norm Gaume. The panelists are working together currently as NM Water Ambassadors. The Water […]
A discussion on unconventional water sources with Dr. Bruce Thomson, a UNM professor who teaches a wide range of environmental engineering courses. Bruce discussed issues related to the quality of water New Mexico is using and considering for future use […]
A lively interactive discussion between NM State Senator Carrie Hamblen and NM Water Ambassador Norm Gaume about the water, our sustainable quality of life, and the NM Legislature, broadcast live from Senator Hamblen’s office in Las Cruces. Conservation Voters New […]
A discussion with Hannah Riseley White,NM ISC Director and Phil King, Ph.D., P.E., New Mexico water professor (ret.), NM Water Ambassador, special technical advisor to the OSE/ISC, consulting engineer, and contributing author to “Climate Change in New Mexico Over the […]
A discussion with Nat Chakeres, OSE General Counsel, and Tanya Trujillo, Deputy State Engineer, discussing how the OSE is managing Rio Grande Compact compliance in the Middle Rio Grande and below Elephant Butte Dam in the Lower Rio Grande. Learn […]
This was a second discussion with Bruce Thomson on New Mexico’s water resources. Back In May, Bruce discussed unconventional sources of water and their (un)sustainability. This August conversation focused on the conventional sources of water in New Mexico, how we […]
This was an important presentation and discussion on the ongoing aridification of New Mexico caused by higher temperatures. David Gutzler and David DuBois presented how and why New Mexico is drying, what we can expect, and the certainty of the […]
Ladona Clayton and Norm Gaume discussed what the 2025 Legislature must accomplish to begin a course correction toward successful adaptation to NM’s more arid future. Learn about your part in helping achieve these goals
This was a presentation from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources featuring Stacy Timmons, Rachel Hobbs, and Laila Sturgis and addressing project updates from the Aquifer Mapping effort for New Mexico, how these efforts tie to the […]