Santa Fe water reuse
proposal worries farmers downstream
Santa Fe New Mexican
By Robert Nott
The idea of creating a water reuse plan based on returning treated effluent to
the Rio Grande has been kicked around for decades. Under the terms of the San
Juan-Chama Project — a complex, decades-old water diversion project that sends
flows from the San Juan River in southern Colorado to the Rio Chama and then to
the Rio Grande — city officials believe they have the right to build the
pipeline. The Buckman Return Plan was pitched as one of several possible
solutions in an April 2017 water reuse feasibility study. Piping effluent to
the Rio Grande would allow the city to treat more river water for drinking...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Irrigators have time on their side in dueling Gila diversions
Irrigators have time on
their side in dueling Gila diversions
Silver City Daily Press
By Geoffrey Plant
Two separate Gila diversion projects were on the agenda of Friday’s regular meeting of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, and the difference in complexity between the two was stark...One diversion, proposed by the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, seeks to divert water under the terms of the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements Act. That project has been beset by delays with its environmental impact statement work, last-minute changes in its plan and profound deadline complications. The second, fully designed, shovel-ready diversion is proposed by the Gila Basin Irrigation Commission, which seeks to replace the same pushup dam in the upper Gila Valley that the Entity plans to replace, but with none of the Entity’s onerous National Environmental Policy Act processes to go through
Silver City Daily Press
By Geoffrey Plant
Two separate Gila diversion projects were on the agenda of Friday’s regular meeting of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, and the difference in complexity between the two was stark...One diversion, proposed by the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, seeks to divert water under the terms of the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements Act. That project has been beset by delays with its environmental impact statement work, last-minute changes in its plan and profound deadline complications. The second, fully designed, shovel-ready diversion is proposed by the Gila Basin Irrigation Commission, which seeks to replace the same pushup dam in the upper Gila Valley that the Entity plans to replace, but with none of the Entity’s onerous National Environmental Policy Act processes to go through
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Annual water conference focuses on tribal water issues in New Mexico
Annual water conference focuses on tribal water issues in New Mexico
DATE: 10/30/2019
WRITER: Mark Sheely, 575-646-1195, msheely@nmsu.edu
More than 250 people are expected to attend the 64th Annual New Mexico Water Conference, which will take place Nov. 7-8 at the Buffalo Thunder Resort in Santa Fe. The conference is co-sponsored by the Pueblo of Pojoaque.
With the theme this year “Common Water, Sacred Water: Tribal perspectives on water issues in New Mexico,” the New Mexico Water Conference will for the first time focus on water issues facing the tribes, nations and pueblos across New Mexico.
Over the course of two full days, tribal leaders and water experts will address a host of important and timely topics, such as Indian water rights settlements, tribal water quality, infrastructure, climate change, watershed restoration, and the role of both traditional and modern science in water management.
Two pre-conference field trips will take place Nov. 6. The morning field trip, hosted by Santa Clara Pueblo, will tour the Puye Cliff Dwellings, as well as the Pueblo’s forest restoration efforts following the 2011 Las Conchas Fire. An afternoon field trip hosted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will take attendees through the planned project area of the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System.
The Nov. 8 luncheon will feature the 2019 Albert E. Utton Memorial Water Lecture given by Sandra Postel, founder and director of the Global Water Policy Project, who has been featured in documentaries by PBS and the BBC. Based on her latest book, “Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity,” Postel’s lecture will address ways in which farmers, cities, conservationists and engineers across the US and around the world are re-shaping 21st century water management to meet the challenges ahead.
A poster session the morning of Nov. 8 will highlight water-related research projects, with many presented by university students from across New Mexico.
The registration fee for the conference is $150. Students may attend for $75.
Please visit the conference website, which includes links to the preliminary program and registration at https://nmwaterconference.nmwrri.nmsu.edu/2019/ or call 575-646-4337 for more information.
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