Join three professionals who worked as members of the 2022 NM Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force to learn about the Water Security Agenda for the 2025 Legislature. The plain truth is the Legislature has, for years, neglected to adequately fund implementation of the laws it has passed and the programs it has started to increase the resilience of New Mexico’s overused and shrinking water supplies. Modernization of state water agencies, robust regional water security planning, and stopping illegal water overuse are essential steps toward improved water security for all New Mexico regions and communities.
Energetic Water Discussion in Taos at the NM Legislature’s interim Water & Natural Resources Committee Evidence of Overuse & Looming Compact Violations The Water & Natural Resources Committee considered Middle and Lower Rio Grande overuse and Compact compliance together as one issue. Legislators’ discussion began with a five-member Water Security Planning Act panel including ISC […]