Join us to learn about Project Jupiter — a 1,000 megaWatt data center fast-tracked in Santa Teresa by Doña Ana County officials. A poorly understood and nontransparent amendment passed by the legislature this year made Project Jupiter possible. Local and state governments are promoting this development while ignoring its water supply, air pollution, and carbon footprint impacts. Hear State Representatives speak out about the betrayal of their communities and the hard truth of finding water in the Lower Rio Grande.
A winter block release of 26,000 acre-feet of stored Rio Chama water was intended to reduce New Mexico’s Rio Grande Compact underdelivery. Hydrographs show that much of the water never reached Elephant Butte Reservoir. The Middle Rio Grande absorbed it.