Posts Tagged ‘Drought’
East Mountain water application spurs protests from residents, silence from State Engineer
By: Laura Paskus The tony neighborhoods tucked into the juniper-dotted grasslands on the east side of the Sandia Mountains represent yet another battleground in New Mexico’s water wars, one in which the state’s top water official has abandoned one side for the other. Recently, testimony ended in a trial over whether a private company can…
Read MoreWater Conservation In New Mexico – This Year And Beyond
March 23, 2018 – The time to start thinking about water conservation is before a drought. And that’s exactly what the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) started doing years ago. Low snowpack and a forecast for increased drought conditions this year have many people worried, but division director Katherine Yuhas says her organization…
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