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• Bosque and other riparian habitats<br />

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Riparian habitat restoration<br />

Constructed wetlands<br />

River restoration<br />

• <strong>Water</strong> storage to reduce evaporation<br />

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Implement upstream surface water storage<br />

Implement upstream aquifer water storage<br />

Implement aquifer storage and recovery for drought<br />

<strong>Water</strong> modeling<br />

• Desalination and transfer of water<br />

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Develop new water supplies through desalination<br />

Investigate the potential for importing water<br />

Undeclared water<br />

• Public education<br />

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Develop a water education curriculum for schools<br />

Implement adult public education programs<br />

The steering committee reviewed each of the strategies and indicated that they are all still<br />

relevant, though some are being refocused as new recommended strategies.<br />

During the two-year update process the <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> Steering Committee and stakeholders<br />

identified projects, programs, and policies (PPPs) to address their water issues. Some water<br />

projects were already identified through the State of New Mexico Infrastructure Capital<br />

Improvement <strong>Plan</strong>, <strong>Water</strong> Trust Board, Capital Outlay, and NMED funding processes; these<br />

projects are also included in a comprehensive table of PPP needs. The information was not<br />

ranked or prioritized; it is an inclusive table of all of the PPPs that regional stakeholders are<br />

interested in pursuing. In the <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> region, projects identified on the PPP table are<br />

primarily drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure, rural community and<br />

acequia support, and watershed or riparian restoration projects.<br />

At steering committee meetings held in 2015 and 2016, the group discussed projects that would<br />

have a larger regional or sub-regional impact and for which there is interest in collaboration to<br />

seek funding and for implementation. The following key collaborative projects were identified<br />

by the steering committee and <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> region stakeholders:<br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> 2017<br />

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