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.
New basin-wide science shows groundwater depletion in New Mexico is already well documented and driven primarily by irrigated agriculture. This long-form analysis explains why the remaining barrier is not science or authority, but the failure to institutionalize groundwater governance.