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 Water Data Initiative, and the long-term goals to build a modern and complete aquifer characterization for New Mexico.
The term "water crisis" gets used for everything from short droughts to decades of overuse. A 2026 UN water institute article draws a sharper distinction: many aquifers aren't in crisis — they're in a "post-crisis failure state," or what the author calls water bankruptcy. Mike Marcus examines New Mexico Groundwater Dashboard data to ask where […]