Groundwater

Explore the critical role of groundwater in New Mexico’s water supply, including the challenges of declining water tables and the need for responsible management.

We Must Update NM Water Management for Today’s Needs

October 9, 2024 Mike MarcusClimate - Water Impacts, Groundwater, Water Policy Reform, Water Security Planning Act

New Mexico faces a growing water crisis, driven by climate change and overuse. Without swift action, water shortages could threaten our economy and way of life. Experts forecast that, within 50 years, our state will be 5-7 degrees hotter, with 25% less water.

We Must Update NM Water Management for Today’s Needs

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NM Court Stops Augustin Plains Ranch Water Grab

May 1, 2024 Ann McCartneyCulture and Community, Groundwater, Success Stories

At a momentous hearing on April 5, 2024, more than 100 community members from Catron County crowded the court room and hallways of the Seventh Judicial District court in Reserve to hear oral argument on the Augustin Plains Ranch LLC’s […]

Los Lunas – Niagara Bottled Water

April 3, 2024 Ann McCartneyCulture and Community, Groundwater

NM Acequia Association came bringing signs that read, “Agua es Vida” and brightly painted shovels painted with the patron saint of the acequias, San Ysidro, which they bring out when there are times of drought. Dabi Garcia said, “This is a […]

From the President’s Desk: Sweetwater

March 6, 2024 Norm GaumeFrom the President’s Desk, Groundwater, Water Policy Reform, Water Security Planning Act

The sweet waters of New Mexico are necessary for all life in our beloved state, in all our home places, our querencias. An acerbic senior ISC water engineer told me 25 years ago that we know where New Mexico’s water is. It […]

Why Should You Plan for Water?

January 3, 2024 Bob WesselyClimate - Water Impacts, Groundwater, Shortage Sharing, Water Policy Reform, Water Security Planning Act

Who gets water when there isn’t enough? At a simplified level, the current “Priority Administration” regulations, if enforced when there isn’t enough water, would provide water to Nations/Tribes/Pueblos and other senior irrigators first, leaving very thirsty cities and towns. And […]

Water Rights … and Water Wrongs

December 6, 2023 Bob WesselyGroundwater, Shortage Sharing

While the rules about them are extremely complicated, “water rights” are simply your permission slip from the State to use water, if you can find it (often a big “if”). ll too often people conflate paper water and wet water. […]

We Must Update NM Water Management for Today’s Needs

NM Court Stops Augustin Plains Ranch Water Grab

Los Lunas – Niagara Bottled Water

From the President’s Desk: Sweetwater

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