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Final Report from the Town Hall Released

IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, MONTANA,OKLAHOMA, OREGON, TEXAS & UTAH WITH COMMENTARY ON NEW MEXICO WATER PLANNING STATUTES, OBJECTIVES, AND TRIBAL CONSULTATION

The Water Trust Board is considering potential changes to its comprehensive Project Management Policies. In particular, Sections 2.5 Funding Match Obligation (page 7 of the attached Policies) and Section 3.8 Water System Technical Governance (page 13 of the attached Policies).

Water Storage, Conveyance & Delivery Projects, Water Conservation or Recycling, Treatment or Reuse Projects and Flood Prevention Projects are scored and prioritized using “Pipe” criteria (attached).

Watershed Restoration and Management Projects and Endangered Species Act Projects are scored and prioritized using “Non-Pipe” criteria (attached.)

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 of Reclamation and Sandia National Laboratory.

8/2//2013 Request for public comments

Water’s future is not bright, dire warning issued. Aug. 13, 2013 Logan Hawkes

Slides are in .pdf format.

ISC Discussion White Paper, with link to a stakeholder survey