Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly

	Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly balance water use with renewable supply The Water Assembly is now the Middle Rio Grande Water Advocates. We strongly recommend you visit our new website MRGWaterAdvocates.org MRGWaterAdvocates.org This Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly website, WaterAssembly.org, is not being maintained. We are keeping this old website available because it contains archival data that might be useful. * * * House Memorial 1 in 2017 requested a proposal for the 2019 legislative session     on how New Mexico water planning in the future should be accomplished.     The HM1 Working group developed a summary proposal document entitled Making the Case for Change. along with three draft legislative bills to implement the recommended changes: Summary of the three bills Citizens’ development process for the three House bills Citizens’ development process for the two Senate bills HB174 – Middle Rio Grande water management SB558 – Middle Rio Grande water management HB186 - Making water planning effective SB560 - Making water planning effective HB187 - Recommending water law changes * * * * * * * The Water Advocates purpose is to create a sustainable, resilient water future for the Middle Rio Grande (Otowi Bridge to Elephant Butte Dam) by seeking allies, advocating for, and demanding water management and administration decisions and actions consistent with best available science and applicable law. Water Advocates' 18^th Council at UNM November 10, 2018 8:30am to 2:30pm Making the Case for Change Too Many Promises, Too Little Water A Call to Action! The session report: slides, audio, etc.     The Water Advocates 18^th Council on November 10, 2018 focused     on presenting the concepts in that proposal document and considering     how to promote some or all of those concepts. * * * * * * * Selected Coming Events Water Advocates Board of Directors Meeting:                   Monday, July 1, 2019  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm                    Mario's Pizzeria & Ristorante, 5700 Fourth Street NW                              Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107 Location Map Draft Board Agenda Draft Previous Minutes Comments on the July 2018 draft State Water Plan ISC requested for public comment on the draft State Water Plan.     In response, the Water Advocates Board appointed a subcommittee that     collected comments from Directors, organized the comments, and     submitted the Water Advocates comments to the ISC Major Activities At This Time: The MRG Regional Water Plan Update Governance Study Group (GSG) Participation The Quarterly Debate Project The MRG Futures Project Recent Events:    Seventeenth Water Assembly - October 22, 2016 - 9am-3pm        "Managing the River to Failure - Is There a Better Way?"        at the University of New Mexico's Dane Smith Hall, Room 125 Agenda with links to speakers' slides and audio   Sixteenth Water Assembly - March 21, 2015 - 9am-3pm        "Climate Disruption and Our Water Future - Mitigate, Adapt or Suffer            - A Call for New Strategies"        at the University of New Mexico's Dane Smith Hall, Room 123 Agenda with links to slides and discussion notes Water Assembly Public Forum: Our Water Imbalance - Creating Adaptive Strategies Together  Saturday June 28, 2014   9:00 am - 12:30 pm                          (continental breakfast at 8:30 am)          UNM Dane Smith Hall,  Room 120         Albuquerque, New Mexico     Fifteenth Annual Water Assembly - November 5, 2011 - 9am-4pm        "Choosing Our Future" - Scenario Planning        at the University of New Mexico's Dane Smith Hall, Room 125 Assembly presentations, discussion, and initial scenario attributes     Fourteenth Annual Water Assembly June 12, 2010       "2025 ... A Water Prophecy?"   ...  The prophecy text        at the University of New Mexico's Dane Smith Hall, Room 125 Assembly presentations and discussions     An Informational Forum Aquifer Recharge, Storage & Recovery:   Boon or Boondoggle? April 9, 2011  9:00 am - 1:00 pm          at the University of New Mexico's Law School, Room 2402 Location Map Invitational Flyer Agenda with links to slides and audio     A Land and Water Workshop Sponsored by the UNM Utton Center "Integrating Land Use and Water Planning in New Mexico"        April 8, 2011  8:30am-4:00pm, Sheraton Uptown, Albuquerque, NM  Documents      Regional Water Plan Update Submissions -     The Water Assembly submitted water planning information (planning principles, update considerations, future strategies, technical data, and summary of public meeting) to MRCOG's Steering Committee with a recommendation that the material be included in the Steering Committee's submission to the ISC, along with the Steering Committee's other products (status evaluation of 2004 Plan recommedations, a selection of possible projects, and a public involvement plan for the update).  Following are links to the draft submissions            Water Assembly Submission to Steering Committee Water Planning Information Package (1.3 Mb)           Steering Committee Submission to ISC Future Project List (0.2 Mb) Public Involvement Plan (0.3 Mb)     The Middle Rio Grande Water Budget - Averages for 1972-1997     A Technical Basis for the 2004 Regional Water Plan View the Water Budget Document (0.3 Mb)           (also see Chapter 6 of the Regional Water Plan for more detail)     Water Assembly Annual Report 2018-2019 President's Annual Report - July 1, 2019 (0.4 Mb) 2019 Legislation New Mexico Water Conservation Alliance’s legislation list (1.0 Mb)

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