Join us for the next great presentation from State Engineer General Counsel Nat Chakeres about the Middle Rio Grande’s unrecognized water crisis. The Office of the State Engineer’s actions are needed to keep New Mexico out of another Texas lawsuit focused on the Middle Rio Grande, the river segment between the Los Alamos highway bridge and Elephant Butte. Don’t miss State Engineer General Counsel’s presentation, Carrots and Sticks for Achieving Rio Grande Compact Compliance, Part II.
Eighty-five years of Rio Grande Compact accounting data tell a clear and troubling story. The 17-year period from 2009 through 2025 produced native basin flows at the Otowi Bridge gauge nearly identical to 1948–1964 — the most severe sustained dry period in the Compact record. The San Juan-Chama Project, long a buffer against dry years, […]