Final Report from the Town Hall Released Earlier this month, New Mexico First released the final report of recommendations from the Town Hall on Water Planning, Development & Use, held April 15-16, 2014 in Albuquerque. The recommendations fell into five … Read More
Water’s future is not bright, dire warning issued. Aug. 13, 2013 Logan Hawkes With so many disaster movies in recent years, it’s hard to spotlight the dire water straits the Southwest faces without it sounding a lot like a Roland … Read More
Rising temperatures prompted by climate change will bring about increasing difficulty for New Mexico to meet its legal obligation to deliver water to downstream neighbors in the years ahead, according to a new federal study developed by the U.S. Bureau … Read More
With drought becoming more and more evident in the Land of Enchantment, water users and managers in New Mexico might have some tough decisions to make in the future without any help from Mother Nature. As long term drought persists … Read More
The Colorado River powers cities across Arizona. But with temperatures rising, how long will the water hold out? —– By William deBuys — Salon, July 30, 2013 — [This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.] Several miles from Phantom Ranch, Grand … Read More
SILVER CITY >> A recent poll by an independent research firm shows that many New Mexicans oppose a Gila River diversion project. The poll, conducted in late June of this year by Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican political and public … Read More
[From: Arizona Water Resource – Summer 2013] On Saturday, June 1, 2013, water was released from Elephant Butte Reservoir in South Central New Mexico into the Rio Grande. It took more than two days to travel the 80 miles to … Read More
New Mexico, Nevada and Idaho have received a new grant from the National Science Foundation to create a Western Consortium for Watershed Analysis, Visualization and Exploration (WC-WAVE) to advance watershed science, workforce development and education with cyber infrastructure enabled discovery … Read More
New Mexico residents remain free to drill domestic wells to meet household water needs, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. But the state has an obligation to ensure that once wells are drilled, the resulting groundwater pumping doesn’t cut into … Read More