From the Sept. 17 workshop: Rio Grande Project supply down to one third, and a super El Niño that won't save us.
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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.
New Mexico will violate the Rio Grande Compact The violation won’t happen this year. It is an almost even bet for 2027 and an […]
Nat Chakeres traces the dispute from the 1938 Compact's silence on groundwater to settlement — and explains why 18,200 acre-feet will not be enough.
87 Middle Rio Grande river miles are dry-Elephant Butte is 1.3 percent full-one more dry year puts New Mexico in violation of the Rio […]
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 […]
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 […]