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February 12, 2021 Gila diversion group asserts primacy as legislation threatens Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 12, 2021 With a proposal in Santa Fe threatening its very existence, the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project — the group that was formed in 2015 to build the ultimately unsuccessful Gila diversion project — is having to defend the role it could play when it comes to administering the more than $80 million in the N.M. Unit Fund. The massive pot of money is destined to be spent, per the 2004 federal Arizona Water ...

Legislation would replace Gila diversion group Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 3, 2021 A bill introduced last week in the New Mexico Legislature threatens to sideline the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project’s role in determining how the remaining money in the N.M. Unit Fund — totaling more than $80 million — is spent in four southwestern New Mexico counties under the terms of the 2004 federal Arizona Water Settlements Act. The group’s consulting role is enshrined in state and federal statut...

Your turn: It's time for water justice in Southwestern New Mexico Your turn I have watched, frustrated, for more than 15 years as the Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) and the NM Central Arizona Project Entity (NMCAPE) have floundered in their efforts to plan an unaffordable Gila River diversion. These groups have wasted more than $15 million in Federal funding on diversion planning, while millions of dollars in local community water projects in southwest New Mexico go unfunded.  Fortunately, the diversion planning finally came to an end this past June, when ISC commissioners voted to stop...

(Daily Press File Photo by Geoffrey Plant) Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, speaks during the group’s regular meeting in October at the Grant County Administration Building. During its first meeting of the new year, held remotely via GoTo Meeting due to the pandemic, the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project elected new officers and approved an amended version of the document that binds its members together. The revised joint powers agreement must now be approved separately by each member organization of the 15-member ...