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.
The settlement documents for the 2013 Lower Rio Grande interstate water lawsuit filed by Texas exceed 130 pages and present technical and legal complexity even for experienced water resources professionals. This NM Water Advocates summary is intended to explain, in one place and in straightforward terms, what the settlement requires, what it authorizes, and how […]