A discussion with Nat Chakeres, OSE General Counsel, and Tanya Trujillo, Deputy State Engineer, discussing how the OSE is managing Rio Grande Compact compliance in the Middle Rio Grande and below Elephant Butte Dam in the Lower Rio Grande. Learn about incentives and motivators that the OSE can use to ensure that New Mexico complies with its legal water sharing mandates.
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 […]