Join us for an important discussion about the proposed water rights transfer by Niagara, PNM, and Village of Los Lunas. Teresa Smith de Cherif of Valencia Soil & Water Conservation Board and Kathy McCord of Valencia Water Watchers will help us understand how this proposed transfer goes against New Mexico water law, doesn’t conserve water, and violates the public welfare. This application is about yet another corporation putting profit and greed above the good of the land, water, and people of New Mexico.
Public comments on the Interstate Stream Commission’s proposed water planning rules reveal an unusual consensus across New Mexico — scientists, farmers, acequias, counties, and conservationists all say the rules fall short. The process the ISC will use to adopt them may prove just as flawed.