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.
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 with desperately thirsty cities and towns, the New Mexico economy would wither, taking down