@UNMwater

University of New Mexico Water Resources Program - improving sustainable water management in New Mexico and the West through education and research

 Albuquerque, NM
wrp.unm.edu/
Joined September 2016
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The futile struggle to save the Rio Grande silvery minnow: sourcenm.com/2023/02/15/resc… #nmwater

Rescuing silvery minnows like ‘slapping a Band-Aid on a severed limb’ • Source New Mexico

The endangered species is only a symptom within a larger system in peril, conservationists say.

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"New Mexico's Greenbelt Law: Disincentivizing Water Conservation Through Agricultural Tax Breaks", new paper from WRP's @annalisemporter #nmwater digitalrepository.unm.edu/cg…
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Wanna keep up on #nmwater? You want to subscribe to Laura Paskus's newsletter: lp.constantcontactpages.com/…
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The Bureau of Reclamation is looking for public feedback on recreation stuff at Elephant Butte Reservoir: usbr.gov/uc/albuq/water/SanJ… #nmwater
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Our Twitterless friends at the Utton Center helped with a critical new report by the state's Water Task Force on New Mexico's water challenges, and possible solutions: news.unm.edu/news/no-drought… #nmwater

No drought of solutions: UNM Utton Center aids State Water Task Force Report

The highly anticipated State Water Task Force Report is flowing towards the public. After months in the making, dozens of sets of eyes, and waves of approvals, the report is on display. Its goal is...

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We've had an above-average start to New Mexico's "water year" - starts Oct. 1 to capture over-winter precipitation so important to spring and summer river flow #nmwater
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A possible end to the Texas v New Mexico Rio Grande litigation sets up a new delivery obligation/measurement point at the Texas border. via @ProkopDani #nmwater sourcenm.com/2023/01/11/poss…

Possible deal to end Rio Grande SCOTUS case becomes public • Source New Mexico

For the first time the public can see the details that might settle a lawsuit over water rights between New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.

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Elephant Butte Reservoir, on the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, began 2023 up from last year. But that's not saying much #nmwater
Graph of Elephant Butte Reservoir storage, showing slight increase from 2022, but still very low.

ALT Graph of Elephant Butte Reservoir storage, showing slight increase from 2022, but still very low.

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After a good start, snowpack in the Rio Grande headwaters is lagging #nmwater nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/wcc…
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Above average inflows right now to Elephant Butte Reservoir, giving us a little bit of an #nmwater breather after a tough few years usbr.gov/uc/water/hydrodata/…
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UNMwater retweeted
John Fleck@jfleck25 Nov 2022
The impact of the last few years of low Rio Grande flows are really apparent in Albuquerque aquifer data - setback for our sustained recovery (this is my neighborhood USGS monitoring well) #nmwater
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Elephant Butte has gained 30kaf in the last month (currently holding 163kaf)! And there's around 19kaf of P&P water coming, plus everything else the state is working to send down. #nmwater
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Soil moisture heading into winter shows dry conditions across New Mexico's San Juan-Chama Project headwaters #nmwater (and much of the #ColoradoRiver basin) source: cbrfc.noaa.gov/rmap/grid800/…
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Too early to get excited about this winter's snowpack, but we're still excited: #nmwater
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The struggles of rural communities to meet basic drinking water needs - Dell City, in Hudspeth County, Texas, doesn't have a water system operator. elpasomatters.org/2022/11/10… #TXwater, via @ProkopDani

TCEQ fines Dell City $11K for failing to monitor drinking water; city says water is safe

This is the third fine in five years levied on Dell City for not properly monitoring its drinking water; state officials say the city is not checking for lead, copper and chlorine.

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The November climate outlook favors a warmer and drier than average eastern United States and a cooler and wetter than average northwest. Drought, meanwhile, is favored to expand across the Southeast. climate.gov/news-features/un…
November temperature outlook on left. Reds over central/eastern US indicate where temperatures are favored to be above-average. Blues over northwest indicate where temperatures are favored to be below-average. Precipitation outlook on right. Browns over eastern US indicate where precipitation is favored to be below-average. Blue/greens over western US indicate where precipitation is favored to be above-average.

ALT November temperature outlook on left. Reds over central/eastern US indicate where temperatures are favored to be above-average. Blues over northwest indicate where temperatures are favored to be below-average. Precipitation outlook on right. Browns over eastern US indicate where precipitation is favored to be below-average. Blue/greens over western US indicate where precipitation is favored to be above-average.

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Good news for the Rio Grande headwaters in the latest Seasonal Drought Outlook #nmwater cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/e…
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Via @WaterWired - water jobs aplenty! waterwired.org/2022/11/joshs…
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With irrigation season winding down in the Rio Grande Valley of central New Mexico, a nice overview of how rain saved us from what had been a very dry year: mrgcd.com/wp-content/uploads… #nmwater
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The challenges on the #ColoradoRiver, featuring comments by our @jfleck grist.org/drought/colorado-r…
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