Using federal funds, the upper basin states will encourage Colorado River water users to save water by paying them to not use their water rights.
Tag: New Mexico
Western agencies, providers sign on to Colorado River protections
More than 30 water providers and agencies serving Colorado River compact states have signed and delivered a Memorandum of Understanding to the Bureau of Reclamation. The MOU lists actions that the...
DOI proposes new operating guidelines for Colorado River system
The Department of Interior wants to revise operating guidelines to save the Colorado River system. The public will have until December 20 to comment on the notice of intent and supplemental...
The right to use a groundwater well in a New Mexico ghost town was partially forfeited, following a state supreme court ruling.
East Mountain residents who rely on well water for their domestic uses could get a free water quality test from the State of New Mexico on September 25. The state offers tips on how to collect...
With the Rio Grande drying up near Albuquerque, irrigators may need to stop diverting water to honor the Pueblos' senior water rights. This curtailment has not happened since the 1980s.