New Mexico Must Protect Freshwater

New Mexico must protect freshwater

New Mexico Rep. Rebecca Dow Across our state, from Elephant Butte to Caballo and the northern stretches of the Rio Grande, the reality is becoming impossible to ignore. After this irrigation season, our surface water system is effectively fully committed. Agricultural deliveries are shrinking, obligations downstream to El Paso and Mexico continue, and meaningful reserves are disappearing. The system is no longer operating with margin because it …

Rebecca Dow: New Mexico must protect freshwater

New Mexico Rep. Rebecca Dow Across our state, from Elephant Butte to Caballo and the northern stretches of the Rio Grande, the reality is becoming impossible to ignore. After this irrigation season, our surface water system is effectively fully committed. Agricultural deliveries are shrinking, obligations downstream to El Paso and Mexico continue, and meaningful reserves are disappearing. The system is no longer operating with margin because it …