New Mexico’s groundwater — vital for drinking water, rural communities, and agriculture — is under stress from oversupply and climate impacts. Key facts from […]
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Water Management
HB2 leaves New Mexico’s core water-management responsibilities dangerously underfunded. With Compact compliance deadlines looming and legal obligations unmet, the Senate Finance Committee must restore […]
HAFC made modest gains for water agencies, but cuts to planning, modernization, staffing, and river maintenance amount to fiscal malpractice.
New basin-wide science shows groundwater depletion in New Mexico is already well documented and driven primarily by irrigated agriculture. This long-form analysis explains why […]
As a new year begins, New Mexico’s water challenges are clear, but solutions remain unsettled. Discussions are behind closed doors. Political will, Rio Grande […]
New Mexico’s water problems are not chronic conditions to be managed incrementally. They are acute crises, unfolding simultaneously across the state, with immediate water […]