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.
New Mexico carries an accrued compact debit of -132,000 acre-feet, trending toward the -200,000 acre-feet limit at -19,800 acre-feet per year. The New Mexico Water Advocates are calling on the Interstate Stream Commission to schedule a briefing, weigh management alternatives, and lead development of a solution framework — before the State loses the ability to […]