{"id":46113,"date":"2024-12-04T13:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=46113"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:38:36","slug":"without-rights-nms-rivers-can-come-up-empty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/without-rights-nms-rivers-can-come-up-empty-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Without Rights, NM\u2019s Rivers Can Come Up Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Without rights, New Mexico\u2019s rivers can come up empty\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/psLhcCgNqgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.6.24 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>In New Mexico, rivers lack rights to their own waters, which means that when dry times strike \u2014 or people are unwilling to share \u2014 rivers run dry. \u201cWater in New Mexico is managed on what&#8217;s called the priority administration system &#8230; it&#8217;s a system of extraction,\u201d says Paul Tashjian with Audubon Southwest. 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