New Mexico’s Water Future: Connecting Stakeholder Needs to Water Information
La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe
November 18-19, 2014
2014 Conference Proceedings (as one file)
Contents
Title Page and Conference Photos
Speaker Bios
Conference Program
New Mexico’s Statewide Water Assessment: Data Collection and Delivery to Meet Stakeholder NeedsSam Fernald, NM Water Resources Research Institute
Water Update by the New Mexico State Engineer
Scott Verhines, New Mexico State Engineer
Stakeholder Panel: Large-scale Water Users
Statewide Water Assessment Researcher Panel
How Agencies in NM Will Contribute to the Statewide Water Assessment
2014 Albert E. Utton Memorial Water Lecture
A Hydrogeologic Perspective on Groundwater Conservation in the Northern Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico, Texas, and ChihuahuaJohn W. Hawley, Emeritus Senior Environmental Geologist
Community Stakeholder Panel: Inputs to New Mexico’s Water System and Stakeholder Needs from a Statewide Water Assessment
Regional Water Budget Model: The Middle Rio Grande
Bruce Thomson, University of New Mexico
Ground Water Level and Storage Changes – Regions of New Mexico
Stacy Timmons, NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NM Tech
Water for Ranching, Agriculture, and Communities in New Mexico’s Tribes and PueblosArthur Allison, New Mexico Secretary of Indian Affairs
The Role of Water in New Mexico’s Economic Development
Jon Barela, New Mexico Secretary for Economic Development
Groundwater Depletion Across the U.S. and How We Measure It
William Cunningham, Chief, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Groundwater
Legislative and Policy Perspective
Senator Mary Kay Papen, NM Senate President Pro Tem
Water: What Can Our Future Hold?
Heather W. Balas, New Mexico First
Identification of Law and Policy Options for Best Water Management PracticeAdrian Oglesby, UNM Utton Transboundary Resources Center
Brackish and Saline Groundwater in New Mexico–?
John Shomaker, Shomaker and Associates, Inc.
Characterization of Produced Water in New Mexico: the NM WAIDS Database
Martha Cather, Petroleum Recovery Research Center, NM Tech
New Mexico Universities Working Group on Climate Variability