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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... T.S. Last wrote the July 18 Journal North article “Caught in the Middle” about Mora County rancher Richard Fresquez and the neighboring Acequia de los Vallecitos Association, run by three locals, Carla Gomez, Rey Villa and Wendy Capek. They diverted the water from Richard’s land in Encinal Canyon, stopping the water both to Richard and to families down-canyon who have relied on this water flo...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico temperatures will likely continue to climb over the next 50 years, state geologist Nelia Dunbar said this week – a change with major consequences for regional water supplies and landscapes. Dunbar, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources director, serves on the eight-member advisory panel crafting a “leap-ahead climate analysis” for the Interstate Stream Commission of what water supplies could look like in 2070. The Chama River below Abiquiu Lake Tuesday June 22, 2021. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) “The question is no...

A warmer climate could impact nearly every aspect of New Mexico’s water and land. Dunbar listed likely impacts, including: • Decreased aquifer recharge, more common and hotter drought periods, earlier winter runoff, greater groundwater demands and stress on plant life. • Dry vegetation and catastrophic wildfires that could affect runoff and floodplain ecosystems. • Warmer streams and rivers that could mean changing oxygen levels, which can disturb fish habitat. “Likely the dominant impact on water quality going forward is going to be related to temperature increase,” Dunbar said. ...

Company Bottling Water In Chaffee County Met With Strong Opposition CBS Denver 9 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS Denver SALIDA, Colo. (CBS4) – Nestle Waters, now known as BlueTrition, will renew its contract to pump water from the Upper Arkansas River Basin for bottled water production. With the historic drought, the agreement has been met with opposition. “Today we’re just trying to do damage control frankly. We need restorations that don’t allow pumping in a way that’s going to injure our aquifer and more than anything we need to have an environmental profession...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The Rio Grande near Rio Bravo Boulevard in late June. New Mexico must prepare for long-term water shortages, climatologists and water experts told state lawmakers on Tuesday. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s current drought will end someday. But the state must prepare for long-term water shortages, climate scientists and water experts told state lawmaker...