NM will pay farmers to stop groundwater use
Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Nearly 20 farms in southern New Mexico are one step closer to receiving state grants to stop using groundwater for a year as part of a water management pilot project for the Lower Rio Grande. An irrigation ditch is filled with water for alfalfa fields in the Mesilla Valley just west of Las Cruces. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Grants considered by the Interstate Stream Commission last week ranged from $9,000 to $90,000, and totaled more than $500,000. The Office of the State Engineer has certified that the farms, trusts and corporations have va...
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