Urgent Shortfall Reality
“
The Key Fact About Our Water - Demand Exceeds Supply” (OSE/ISC
2002)
The initial implementation schedule for the Preferred
Scenario may leave a Rio Grande Compact delivery shortfall for ten to twenty years. We need to accelerate
implementation of the water planning actions. We need to eliminate the predicted short-term
deficits in our compliance with the Rio Grande Compact
until the other measures in this plan have had time to take
effect. All users must share in the substantial contributions to the effort. The state and the region
should work openly and cooperatively to address
this issue. Specific urgent actions should be identified,
studied, evaluated, and implemented that are focused
on avoiding defaulting on the Rio Grande Compact. These
actions will have urban and rural economic impacts, but such impacts should be temporary. Unless
there is a priority call, water-rights holders must
be fairly compensated for the temporary loss of use rights
when water is reallocated to meet compact
deliveryrequirements.
All necessary actions should be taken to ensure that
water necessary to meet the shortfall is acquired.
Indoing so, the acquisition of water should not be limited
to any one primary source or sector.
Considerations in achieving a balanced plan of action
should include accelerated Bosque and riparian restoration, a method for performing priority
administration in advance of adjudication, a
residentia conservation program, a municipal and industrial
conservation program, a agricultural conservation program, reduction in urban pumping, state leasing of
urban water, state leasing of agricultural water,increase in upstream instead of downstream storage of
water, and a moratorium on new authorizations of consumptive
use.
Agenda for 2004 Water Assembly
June 18, 2004
1:00 Registration begins
1:30 Introductory
Remarks
Moderator, John Brown, NM Water
Dialogue link
to transcript
1:40-3:00 Describing The
Urgent Shortfall Reality
The Sandia
Model Vince Tidwell, Sandia Labs
link
to transcript
The Compact Rolf
Schmidt-Peterson, ISC link
to transcript
The
Hydrologic Reality Jim Bartolino, USGS link
to transcript
Experience
on the Pecos Chris Gorbach, BoR link
to transcript
3:00-4:30 Implications Of
The Urgent Shortfall Reality
* Bosque and
riparian habitat - Cliff Crawford, UNM link
to transcript
* Implications
for Agriculture - Lisa Robert, APA link
to transcript
* Regional
economy - Janie Chermak, UNM link
to transcript
* Native
American perspective - Blane Sanchez, ISC
Commissioner link
to transcript
June 19, 2004
8:30 Registration begins
9:00 Welcome
Alan Armijo, chair, Albuquerque Bernalillo
County Water Utility Authority
link
to transcript
Welcome & Purpose of the
Day
Elaine Hebard,
volunteer, MRG Water Assembly link
to transcript
9:10 Overview of Regional Water Plan
Bob Wessely,
chair, MRG Water Assembly link
to transcript
9:30 9:30
"Proposed
Active Water Resource Management Regulations" & "Proposed
New Surface Water Administration Rules and Regulations"
Paul Saavedra, OSE Water Rights
Division link
to transcript
9:55 Summary of Friday's Presentations
John Brown, NM Water Dialogue
link
to transcript
10:15
Panels 10:15 Panels
moderated
by Ric Richardson, UNM
• What do
you find striking in the Urgent Shortfall Reality?
• What are
your concerns? Where are you
concerned?
• Where are
you confident that the (local government/NGO/State) can make a positive
contribution?
• What
actions do you recommend be taken? (or,
will you take?)
• What are
the most important to implement?
What's the beginning step?
A. Local Governments
link
to transcript
Charles Dumars MRGCD
Dee Fuerst Rio Rancho
Jean Witherspoon City
of Albuquerque
Mike Springfield Sandoval
County
10:45 Break
B. Non Governmental Organizations
link
to transcript
Steve Harris Rio Grande Alliance
Glenn Young Corrales
Water Commission
John Hooker New
Ran
Lee Brown Economic
Consultant
11:30 Plenary Session
Group discussion focusing on same
questions
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Discussion re Future Concepts of the
Assembly link
to transcript
*
led by Corinne Brooks, NRCS, & Ric
Richardson
Presentation of purpose,
roles, organization, & actions items
Team discussions &
report back
Next
Steps
3:00 Wrap Up
& MRG Water Assembly Annual
Business Meeting
Assembly Details
Brochure (pdf 193 kb)
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