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Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan Comments Last Updated 05/24/2016 Comment Page Paragraph or Section Comment Type (Technical or Number Number Number Comment Process) Commenter Steering Committee Comments 180 45 Section 7, 1st These challenges are some of the information we need to be able to plan. Where is the section on Technical Elaine Hebard bullet on pg funding? 181 45 Section 7, last "Even without the projected growth in demand, major supply shortages are indicated in drought years" Technical Elaine Hebard paragraph In 2010 this "shortage" didn't exist, making this not a useful number (referring to the estimated annual shortage of 207,357‐282,108 af in the text). 182 general What does the observed increased evaporation and thus consumption at Elephant Butte Reservoir Technical Elaine Hebard see attached notes mean? See submitted notes and figures showing this data. 183 Table Table 5‐2 keep in text Technical Elaine Hebard 184 Table Table 5‐1, 5‐3 move to an appendix. What would be interesting to know is whether there are any differences between Technical Elaine Hebard through 5‐5 the "Data from USGS monthly statistics averaged over the entire period of record" in 2004 versus in 2016. 185 Table Table 5‐6 keep in text Technical Elaine Hebard 186 Table Table 5‐7 keep in text Technical Elaine Hebard 187 Table Table 5‐8 to move to an appendix and summarize in text Technical Elaine Hebard the end of the chapter 188 Table Table 6‐1 keep in text (total diversions, surface and groundwater) Technical Elaine Hebard 189 Table Table 6‐4 move to an appendix and summarize Technical Elaine Hebard 190 Table Table 6‐5 Projected Water Demand, 2020 through 2060 ‐ add surface and groundwater. Needs more explanation Technical Elaine Hebard in text. 191 Figure Figure 3‐1 add Pueblo/Tribal Jurisdictions Technical Elaine Hebard 192 Figure Figure 4‐1 either define the various maps (Hearn, etc) or omit them. Technical Elaine Hebard 193 Figure Figures 5‐1 to 5‐keep in text Technical Elaine Hebard 4 194 Figure Figures 5‐5 to 5‐put in an appendix, together with table5‐1 Technical Elaine Hebard 6b 195 Figure Figures 5‐7 to 5‐useful but text will be needed to explain their import. How does the variability at Otowi affect the Technical Elaine Hebard 14 amount available for demand? Has the past 10 years seen a difference in flows as compared with the last 30? If so, that should be noted. 196 Figure Figures 6‐1a to are very helpful. Given that Torrance County gets a chart for 7 acre feet, the Rio Puerco and the Rio Technical Elaine Hebard f Jemez merit at least one each. 197 Figure Figure 7‐1 graph the future demand between counties and between uses, like 6‐1a to f (data is in first two pages of Technical Elaine Hebard Table 6‐5), and between surface and groundwater. 198 Figure general Consider using some of the example figures contained in the submitted notes. Technical Elaine Hebard see attached notes 199 PPP table The New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division and its partners are constantly identifying new projects for future funding. It can take months (and in some cases such as on federal lands, more than a year) to complete planning and environmental and cultural clearances and secure funding for these projects. The list of out‐year projects ready for funding is updated regularly. Therefore, the Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan ‐ and all Regional Water Plans ‐ should include by reference any future projects designed to meet watershed objectives and priorities in the New Mexico Forest Action Plan. Technical Susan Rich, New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division Page 16 of 17
Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan Comments Last Updated 05/24/2016 Comment Page Paragraph or Section Number Number Number Comment 200 general Attached are two publications for consideration as a reference leading to the final Middle Rio Grande and NM State Water Plan update. The first publication titled Renewable Resource Journal; Congress on Sustaining Western Water recently published by The Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF) is an I.R.C. §501(c) (3) nonprofit, public policy research organization, founded in 1972. It is a consortium of scientific, professional, educational, design and engineering organizations whose primary purpose is to advance science, the application of science, and public education in managing and conserving renewable natural resources. The second publication for consideration is Measuring What Matters; Setting Measurable Objectives to Achieve Sustainable Groundwater Management in California , published by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). UCS uses science to solve problems. Staff experts believe that rigorous analysis is the best way to understand the world’s pressing problems and develop effective solutions to them. Hope you find these two publications useful as water planning efforts unfold. We hope they are applicable to our regional and state wide water planning on‐going challenges and New Mexico’s very limited and available resources for water planning efforts. 201 general The report titled Confronting Climate Change in New Mexico was distributed at the May 17th meeting and is included in the comment appendices Comment Type (Technical or Process) Commenter Steering Committee Comments Technical Technical Theresa Cardenas, Union of Concerned Scientists Theresa Cardenas, Union of Concerned Scientists see attached reports see attached reports Page 17 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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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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Table 5-8. Total Maximum Daily Load
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Table 5-13. Landfills in the Middle
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Table 6-1. Total Withdrawals in the
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• Riparian evapotranspiration: So
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to 669,727 acres. Also, during that
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