One Hundred Years of Water Wars in New Mexico, 1912–2012

Edited by Catherine T. Ortega Klett, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

The book contains 16 chapters on the many complex and messy fights, legal and otherwise, over precious water in a semiarid western state. Focusing on the past one hundred years constituting New Mexico’s statehood, contributors describe the often convoluted and always intriguing stories that have shaped New Mexico’s water past and that will, without doubt, influence its future history.

Published by Sunstone Press
A New Mexico Centennial History Series Book
ISBN 978-0-86534-902-5, 290 pages, softcover

$20.00

The Beginnings and Early History of Albuquerque's Water Supply, 1880-1960

By John Shomaker, President and Principal Hydrologist, John Shomaker & Associates

This book, authored by hydrogeologist John Shomaker, details the early history of Albuquerque’s water system, from the arrival of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in 1880, through the rapid expansion following its purchase by the city in 1918, to the diversification of the system to meet the brisk development of Albuquerque following World War II.

Prepared for Historic Albuquerque, Inc., with support from the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

NM WRRI Miscellaneous Report No. 35, 106 pages, softcover

Published April 2025

$20.00

One Hundred Years of Water Wars in New Mexico, 1912–2012

Edited by Catherine T. Ortega Klett, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

The Beginnings and Early History of Albuquerque's Water Supply, 1880-1960

By John Shomaker, President and Principal Hydrologist, John Shomaker & Associates

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