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Treatment Plants Get Low Marks
- Albuquerque Journal (new window)
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10/12/2007 |
| Municipal sewage treatment plants are New Mexico's biggest Clean Water Act violators, according to an analysis published Thursday by the group Environment New Mexico. | |
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Report Reveals Polluters
- Journal North (new window)
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10/12/2007 |
| Taste something funny in your tap water? You may have your local government to thank. | |
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Water Policy Vacuum Spawns Free-for-All
- Albuquerque Journal (new window)
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08/16/2008 |
| If an enormous mining operation was about to begin just outside Albuquerque — and just outside the legal reach of state regulators normally in charge of such things — wouldn't you expect an outcry? Or a murmer, at least? | |
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A very wet bargain
- New Mexico Independent (new window)
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08/04/2008 |
| Albuquerque's water rates are among cheapest in the state, yet the local water authority has no immediate plans to adjust the price. | |
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Legislators, it's time to put toes in the water
- Santa Fe New Mexican
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08/02/2008 |
| John D'Antonio, to his credit - and that of Tom Turney, his predecessor as State Engineer - has urged the New Mexico Legislature to reform some of our water law. | |
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Editorial: Domestic Well Issue Ripe for N.M. Courts
- Albuquerque Journal
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07/27/2008 |
| The Legislature in its wisdom made domestic wells a virtual birthright, mandating that the state engineer issue permits to drill and pump groundwater. Back in the 1950s, it wasn't that big an issue. | |
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Well Water Flowing Deep
- Albuquerque Journal
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07/26/2008 |
| It's a water free-for-all. | |
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Atrisco strikes brackish gold
- New Mexico Independent (new window)
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07/25/2008 |
| A company drilling for natural gas on Albuquerque's West Side has struck another valuable commodity - water. | |
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The big H2O transfer
- New Mexico Independent (new window)
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07/24/2008 |
| If you want to know how Rio Rancho, Santa Fe and other water-poor New Mexico communities keep growing, check the legal ads. Deep in the fine print you'll see the steady trickle of water rights away from land once covered in alfalfa or chile and into housing developments and businesses miles away. | |
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A goal already missed
- New Mexico Independent (new window)
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06/20/2008 |
| We’re using too much water in Albuquerque/Bernalillo County. The ABQ/Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority has a new graphic on their website showing that year to date we’re 627 million gallons over our conservation goal of 11.8 billion gallons. | |
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Water Authority Repeals Rules
- Albuquerque Journal (new window)
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03/20/2008 |
| Albuquerque builders were given a reprieve Wednesday, when the local water board repealed rules that builders said would have cost them thousands of dollars per home. | |
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Energy, Water In 'Catch 22'
- Albuquerque Journal (new window)
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03/20/2008 |
| Humanity's demands for energy and water supplies are on a collision course, new research suggests. | |
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Sea change for West's water
- Headwater News
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03/06/2008 |
| Climate change, population growth challenge traditional western water policies | |
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Governor Bill Richardson Signs Pecos River Settlement Water Rights Bill
- Press Release from the Office of Governor Bill Richardson
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02/27/2008 |
| Governor Bill Richardson today signed legislation that improves the way the state can acquire water to meet the demand of the Pecos River Compact. | |
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| 02/14/2008 | |
| (Santa Fe, N.M.) New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry urged Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez in a letter to support the passage of the Clean Water Restoration Act that would restore protections for New Mexico’s vulnerable surface waters. | |
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