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Slide presentation: Mora-San Miguel-Guadalupe Counties Water Planning Region 8

Excerpt from 2003 NM State Water Plan

[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 fields near Las Cruces, as water soaked into the parched riverbed. Waiting for the flow were chile, pecan, cotton and alfalfa growers in Southern New Mexico, Western Texas and Mexico, as well as the city of El Paso, Texas, which depends on the Rio Grande for half its water supply.

18th Annual Statewide Meeting 2012 - Panel: Future Challenges - "Drought lessons"

Water Supply Vulnerabilities in New Mexico Presented by NM Universities Working Group on Drought. For audio of the three presentations and the following "Q&A" click on "related items" below.

Slide presentation: "Precipitation Pecos Watershed 2013-2014"

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.]

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 and water supplies tighten, policymakers in New Mexico might have to think creatively to find flexibility when it comes to satisfying the thirsty needs of the state.

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.

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