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Around the tubes
Some links relevant to things I’ve been following; In Orange County, a discussion about water rate hikes that sounds an awful lot like ours: “The hike was necessary because, for… Read more
Translating a grim runoff forecast into a grim water operations plan
Ed Kandl of the US Bureau of Reclamation didn’t pull any punches this afternoon in a briefing on the federal government’s annual Rio Grande water operations plan. “If you want… Read more
Air Force agrees to additional jet fuel monitoring
The Air Force, under pressure from state regulators, has agreed to drill additional groundwater wells to try to determine how close leaked jet fuel is to Albuquerque water supply wells…. Read more
Gallows humor from southern NM farm country
Best ag report ever, from the USDA’s weekly New Mexico Crop and Weather report: Eddy: 60 mph winds. Pecans started to tassel, so that pollen is in Texas with our water.
Around the tubes
Some links for a warming spring morning: Christopher Sherman from the AP explains the argument over when to release Mexico’s water from Elephant Butte dam on the lower Rio Grande…. Read more
Environment Department calls Kirtland jet fuel characterization “inadequate”
As I reported this morning, the New Mexico Environment Department is none too pleased with the Air Force’s efforts to figure out how far jet fuel from a decades-long leak… Read more
Laguna to get new water system
Where other kids are used to getting time off for “snow days”, at Laguna Pueblo it’s sometimes “water days”, when the pipes serving the school break. At the pueblo west… Read more
Water Utility to begin (sort of?) rate hike conversation Wednesday
If you live in Albuquerque, there’s a good chance you’ll face water rate increases in coming years. I wrote about this two weeks ago, and the issue comes up again… Read more
No Rio Grande flow spike for the minnow
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided against sending a big spring pulse down the Rio Grande this year because there simply isn’t enough water. When water has been… Read more
Where’s the Augustin Plains Ranch water coming from?
In a news release Monday, the folks behind the Augustin Plains Ranch water pumping proposal made an intriguing new claim about their project. To refresh memory, these are the folks… Read more
BioPark putting on a show
If you’re looking to get out on this lovely spring weekend, the botanic garden at the Albuquerque BioPark is putting on quite a show:
NM drought worsens
I know it just rained, but one storm doesn’t seem to amount to a hill of beans in this crazy drought we’re having. In today’s Drought Monitor, the federal team… Read more
