Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan

Table 2-2.
Middle Rio Grande Region Public Meetings
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Date Location Purpose Meeting Summary
03/03/2015 Dekker / Perich / Sabatini
office
Albuquerque, NM
03/14/2015 Dekker / Perich / Sabatini
office
Albuquerque, NM
03/21/2015 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
NMISC-facilitated steering committee meeting
to develop a plan for reviewing the 2004 RWP
alternatives.
NMISC-facilitated steering committee meeting
to learn from committee members about the
status of ongoing projects in the area.
Public meeting organized by the Middle Rio
Grande Water Assembly to gather new
strategies for the plan update.
A Water Assembly representative provided the
group a review of the 2004 RWP including
recommendations that had been enacted to date.
The group discussed concerns with the water
budget data, but determined that they didn’t have
the resources or capability to update the regional
water budget at this time. The committee decided
that it would rate the 2004 strategies by
effectiveness (or how successfully each was
implemented) and the priority moving forward.
Each alternative was rated from 1 to 5 with 1
being the least effective and lowest priority and 5
being the highest. The group also noted if the
alternative was complete.
Members of the committee presented information
on projects completed and in progress, including
a progress report from Rio Rancho, and an
update from ABCWUA. A recommendation
assessment was submitted by another steering
committee member.
The Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly held a
forum on Climate Disruption & Our Water Future;
Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer – A Call for New
Strategies. This was not a steering committee
meeting, but a public meeting focused on
discussion about water issues. A summary of key
issues and proposed strategies was summarized
and presented to the steering committee at the
June 9th meeting.
Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017