Stuff you need to know, 8.5.22

“The Coming Crisis Along the Colorado River”
by Daniel Rothberg, The New York Times|
August 4, 2022

“[T]he seven states that depend on the river [including New Mexico] must negotiate major cuts in water use by mid-August or have them imposed by the federal government. ‘. . . [Y]ou can evacuate Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles and still not have counted up enough water’ to meet the needed reductions.”

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“San Juan River water administration under a microscope as drought plagues Colorado River basin”
by Hannah Grover, NM Political Report
August 5, 2022

“As the federal government directs more and more scrutiny on the Colorado River and its tributaries, the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer is developing systems to better account for how much water is diverted from the San Juan River and how much is returned in hopes of demonstrating to both federal partners and other states that rely on the Colorado River that New Mexico is meeting its obligations.”

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“Corporate Bottling Co.’s Request for Millions of Gallons of Water Tabled Indefinitely” 
by Tierna Unruh-Enos, The Paper
August 3, 2022

Faced with Niagara Bottling’s renewed request to draw more water from the Albuquerque Basin acquifer, Valencia Water Waters collected 2,981 signatures on a petition launched in mid-June, asking the Village of Los Lunas Councilors to vote no.

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