Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan

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Section 303(d) further requires the states to prioritize their listed waters for development of total maximum daily load (TMDL) management plans, which document the amount of a pollutant a waterbody can assimilate without violating a state water quality standard and allocates that load capacity to known point sources and nonpoint sources at a given flow. Figure 5-13 shows the locations of lakes and stream reaches included in the 303(d) list. Table 5-8 provides details of impairment for those reaches. Common causes of impairment in the in the Middle Rio Grande region include aluminum, E. coli bacteria, sediment/turbidity, temperature, and biological indicators and nutrients. Some locations also showed elevated arsenic, boron, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and gross alpha. In evaluating the impacts of the 303(d) list on the regional water planning process, it is important to consider that impairments are tied to designated uses. Some problems can be very disruptive to a healthy aquatic community, while others reduce the safety of water recreation or increase the risk of fish consumption. Impairments will not necessarily make the water unusable for irrigation or even for domestic water supply, but the water may need treatment prior to use and the costs of this should be recognized. Generally the quality of groundwater in the planning region is good, but there are areas with naturally occurring elevated arsenic and uranium and isolated areas that have been contaminated by manmade sources as well. One particular concern in the Middle Rio Grande region is the Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill that has affected the regional aquifer in the Albuquerque area. The project is part of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) with oversight from NMED (2015c). Specific types and sources of contaminants that have the potential to impact either surface or groundwater quality are discussed below. Sources of contamination are considered as one of two types: (1) point sources, if they originate from a single location, or (2) nonpoint sources, if they originate over a more widespread or unspecified location. Information on both types of sources is provided below. 5.4.1 Potential Sources of Contamination to Surface and Groundwater Specific sources that have the potential to impact either surface or groundwater quality in the future are discussed below. These include municipal and industrial sources, leaking underground storage tanks, landfills, and nonpoint sources. 5.4.1.1 Municipal and Industrial Sources As discussed in Section 4.2.2, a person or facility that discharges a pollutant from a point source to a surface water that is a water of the United States must obtain an NPDES permit. An NPDES permit must assure compliance with the New Mexico Water Quality Standards. A person or facility that discharges contaminants that may move into groundwater must obtain a groundwater discharge permit from the New Mexico Environment Department. A groundwater discharge permit ensures compliance with New Mexico groundwater quality standards. The NMWQCC regulations also require abatement of groundwater contamination that exceeds standards. Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 102
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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List of Figures 1-1 Location of Mid
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5-12 Leaking Underground Storage Ta
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MCL MCLG MDWCA MRCOG MRGAA MRGCD MR
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Executive Summary The Middle Rio Gr
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Planning Method For this RWP, water
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appropriations are available in the
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channel aggradation. These changes
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In 2014, the U.S. Environmental Pro
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• Bosque and other riparian habit
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1. Introduction The Middle Rio Gran
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The organization of this update fol
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2.1 The New Mexico Interstate Strea
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2.2.1 Identification of Regional St
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Table 2-1. Steering Committee Membe
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Table 2-2. Middle Rio Grande Region
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Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation
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Sierra water planning region. Geogr
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Table 3-1. Summary of Demographic a
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4. Legal Issues 4.1 Relevant Water
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In addition to Tri-State, several c
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Socorro, Valencia, Bernalillo, Sand
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Authority’s application sought to
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equires the NMOSE to conduct hydrol
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3. Allow for the declaration of dom
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provided for another review procedu
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4.1.3 Federal Water Laws The law of
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existing, and future uses). No adju
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• Gather information on domestic
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plan recognizes that water is easil
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• Protect groundwater by preventi
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• Riparian evapotranspiration: So
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to 669,727 acres. Also, during that
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6.5.2 Middle Rio Grande Projected W
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Table 6-5 Projected Water Demand, 2
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