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• Stormwater infrastructure projects (such as the Canyon del Agua East flood control dam,
Black Mesa Drainage Project)
• Tree thinning projects for watershed restoration and wildfire suppression
• Habitat restoration (such as the Pueblo of Sandia Bosque Program addressing river
incising, Department of Game and Fish wetland and riparian restoration, and the Valle
del Oro Project)
8.3.2 Key Strategies for Regional Collaboration
Prioritizing projects for funding is done by each funding agency/program, based on their current
criteria, and projects are reviewed in comparison to projects from other parts of the state.
Consequently, the regional water planning update program did not attempt to rank or prioritize
projects that are identified in Appendix 8-B and 8-C. However, identifying larger regional
collaborative projects is helpful to successful implementation of the regional plan. At steering
committee meetings held in 2015 and 2016, the group discussed projects that would have a larger
regional or subregional impact and for which there is interest in collaboration to seek funding
and for implementation.
To determine which projects might have the most momentum for implementation, the steering
committee members identified projects that fit the priorities listed in Tables 8-1a and 8-1b.
Those key collaborative projects identified by the steering committee are shown in Table 8-2.
This exercise identified potential project leads and partners as well as possible funding sources.
The topics identified include:
• Watershed Management
• Treated Effluent Reuse
• Water Resource Database
• Stormwater Management
• Regional Collaboration for Drinking Water Systems
In order to move forward with implementing the key collaborative projects, additional technical,
legal, financial, and political feasibility assessment may be required. A detailed feasibility
assessment was beyond the scope and resources for this RWP update.
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