Join us to learn State water agency legislation and funding needs to confront New Mexico’s water crises by funding essential work that only the State can do. The Office of the State Engineer / Interstate Stream Commission budget request is a cry for help. Bureau of Geology groundwater science and data programs must be funded to characterize the state’s groundwater resources, both fresh and brackish. The Environment Department requires statutory authority to assume State control of water pollution discharge regulation abandoned by the feds. An invited speaker will summarize the proposed Clear Horizons Act to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Fracking Waste Reuse Hype Defeated by Science and Citizen Action In December 2023, from the global stage of COP28 in Dubai, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a headline-grabbing initiative: a $500 million Strategic Water Supply program that would purchase and bank treated brackish and “produced water” (oil and gas fracking wastewater) at many locations across […]