The U.S. Supreme Court approved the Lower Rio Grande settlement in May 2026, and the State called it certainty. The only real certainty is […]
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Interstate Stream Compacts
Learn about water usage issues affecting the agreements that govern the sharing of water resources between New Mexico and its neighboring states.
A recent comment on one of our articles posed a great question: What actually happens if the Rio Grande Compact is violated? Here’s a […]
New Mexico carries an accrued compact debit of -132,000 acre-feet, trending toward the -200,000 acre-feet limit at -19,800 acre-feet per year. The New Mexico […]
New Mexico Water Advocates explain why the Water Authority's Water 2120 plan is leading Albuquerque toward water bankruptcy — and what the Water Authority […]
The Middle Rio Grande through Albuquerque dried for 50 days last summer — and this year it could happen even earlier. With reservoirs at […]
Eighty-five years of Rio Grande Compact accounting data tell a clear and troubling story. The 17-year period from 2009 through 2025 produced native basin […]