The severe, rapidly accumulating water debt under the Rio Grande Compact and the controversial push by companies to establish water-intensive Data Centers and produced (fracking) water in the state are worsening our water crisis. Learn exactly how the state’s chronic neglect of the Compact is impacting all of us and discover how data centers will drain our already over-allocated aquifers. Join us to understand the stakes, understand overuse, and the preposterous proposed uses of our limited water supply. We’ll conclude with specific, immediate actions citizens can take to demand enforcement and to protect our water supply from further political and corporate abuse.
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 […]