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Appendix 2-B Summary of Comments on Technical and Legal Sections (Single Comment Document) and Other Public Comments
Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan Comments Last Updated 05/24/2016 Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan Comments Please add your name to your comments so we can follow up if there are questions Please indicate if the comment addresses a technical correction or a overall planning process comment Comment Page Paragraph or Section Number Number Number Comment 1 5 This section would be improved with a description of the surface water contribution from the various forested area within the Middle Rio Grande. This information is already provided in Tables 5‐4 and 5‐5 and in Figure 5‐8, and could be summarized in a bullet. Specifically, add "Streams originating in forested mountains within the Middle Rio Grande region are another source of surface water. These forests are primarily National Forest System lands, but also include many Tribal reservations, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service holdings, as well as lands managed by New Mexico State Land Office and Departmen of Game and Fish. The most significant forested areas in the Middle Rio Grande region are in the Jemez Mountains. The East Mountain area also contributes to water supply, through streamflow, springs and mountain front recharge." Comment Type (Technical or Process) Commenter Steering Committee Comments Technical 2 5.1.2 Recent Climate Studies would be improved with a brief description of the effect of climate changes on wildfire timing, duration and severity, as this has a direct impact on forested areas that are important water sources. This data is already compiled in BOR Upper Rio Grande Impact Assessment http://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/wcra/reports/urgia.html. Specifically add a bullet on page 15 "Drought and higher temperatures lead to tree‐stress and moisture‐deficit, making forests more vulnerable to highseverity wildfires, leaving burn scars that repel rainwater, and affecting water supplies thorugh ash‐laden floods and debris flows." The citation is Llewellyn and Vaddey, 2013. Upper Rio Grande Basin Impact Assessment: Westwide Climate Risk Assessment. Bureau of Reclamation." Technical Nature Conservancy ‐ Laura McCarthy Nature Conservancy ‐ Laura McCarthy The Steering Committee agrees with Laura's comments in general. Laura is working directly with the ISC for specific new language to add. The Steering Committee agrees with Laura's comments in general. Laura is working directly with the ISC for specific new language to add. 3 5.3.1 Regional Hydrogeography or Section 5.3.2 Aquifer Conditions would be improved with a clearer description of the role of mountain front recharge to groundwater. This is important because of the possibility that these mountain fronts could undergo an ecological type conversion and/or burn in a highseverity wildfire, potentially changing infiltration and groundwater recharge. Such as: "Recharge along the mountain front of the Sandias is an important contributor to groundwater, especially from the Sandia Mountains." But Katherine Yuhas may provide much better language and if she does please replace this with hers. Technical 4 5.4 Water Quality Assessment has a paragraph on impacts that does not include wildfire impacts, specifically Technical post‐fire, when rain falls on severely burned areas. The findings of a recent report by the USGS New Mexico Water Science Center analyzing wildfire potential and the probability of post‐fire debris flow for the Sandia and Manzano Mountains should be incorporated http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5161/ . In addition, a study using the same methodology for the Jemez Mountains will be published in April 2016 and could be incorporated before the Regional Water Planning deadline. Specifically add "Another problem contributing to water quality impairment is runoff, flooding and debris flows from catastrophic wildfire." (A.C. Tillery, J.R. Haas, L.W. Miller, J.H. Scott, M.P. Thompson. 2014. Potential Postwildfire Debris‐flow Hazards: A Prewildfire evaluation for the Sandia and Manzano Mountains and Surrounding Areas, Central New Mexico. USGS. SIR 2014‐5161.) Please also consult with Page Pegram, ISC, as the source for this sentence: "In some cases after the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, sediment mobilized after wildfire in a tributary canyons was substantial enough to create a plug of debris that has blocked the Rio Grande." Nature Conservancy ‐ Laura McCarthy Nature Conservancy ‐ Laura McCarthy The Steering Committee agrees with Laura's comments in general. Laura is working directly with the ISC for specific new language to add. The Steering Committee agrees with Laura's comments in general. Laura is working directly with the ISC for specific new language to add. Page 1 of 17
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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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Source: NMOSE, 2014a and 2014c La J
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4.1.3 Federal Water Laws The law of
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As discussed above, the three party
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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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not adequately consider all of the
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4.2.2 Water Quality Laws 4.2.2.1 Fe
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National Priorities List (NPL). 42
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• The Jicarilla Apache Nation Cod
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• Water users seeking to obtain w
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• The Federal Emergency Managemen
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water balance in the Middle Rio Gra
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Table 5-1. Middle Rio Grande Climat
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Sources: 1. WRCC, 2014 2. NWS, 2005
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Jemez Springs Temperature (°F) 90
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Jemez Springs Precipitation (inches
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drought monitoring systems, and it
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Climate Division 5 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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expected. To assess climate trends
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Rio Chama La Jara JEMEZ RIVER NEAR
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Table 5-4a. USGS Stream Gage Statio
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Table 5-4a. USGS Stream Gage Statio
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Table 5-4b. USGS Stream Gage Annual
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Table 5-5. USGS Stream Gage Average
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1,200,000 1,000,000 Jemez River nea
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Rio Grande at Albuquerque, NM 2,000
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Table 5-6. Reservoirs and Lakes (gr
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Table 5-7. Dams with Dam Safety Def
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Tsj Southern Rocky Mountain Colorad
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5,025 5,020 351852106344901 Aquifer
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Table 5-8. Total Maximum Daily Load
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Table 5-9. Municipal and Industrial
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Table 5-10. Groundwater Discharge P
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Table 5-11. Superfund Sites in the
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Table 5-12. Leaking Underground Sto
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Table 5-13. Landfills in the Middle
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Runoff, flooding, and debris flows
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• The minimum annual yield for ke
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Table 6-1. Total Withdrawals in the
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• Riparian evapotranspiration: So
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The Arrowhead Center at NMSU analyz
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• The continued presence of Sandi
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