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.
Energetic Water Discussion in Taos at the NM Legislature’s interim Water & Natural Resources Committee Evidence of Overuse & Looming Compact Violations The Water & Natural Resources Committee considered Middle and Lower Rio Grande overuse and Compact compliance together as one issue. Legislators’ discussion began with a five-member Water Security Planning Act panel including ISC […]