Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan

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4.1.1.13 Subdivision Act The Subdivision Act, NMSA 1978, Section 47-6-11.2 (2013), was amended in 2013 to require proof of water availability prior to final approval of a subdivision plat. Specifically, the subdivider must present the county with (1) NMOSE-issued water use permits for the subdivision or (2) proof that the development will hook up to a water provider along with an opinion from the State Engineer that the subdivider can fulfill the water use requirements of the Subdivision Act. Previously the county had discretion to approve subdivision plats without such proof that the water rights needed for the subdivision were readily available. These water use requirements apply to all subdivisions of ten or more lots. The Act was also amended to prohibit approval of a subdivision permit if the water source for the subdivision is domestic wells. 4.1.2 State Water Laws and Administrative Policies Affecting the Region In New Mexico, water is administered generally by the State Engineer, who has the “general supervision of waters of the state and of the measurement, appropriation, distribution thereof and such other duties as required.” NMSA 1978, § 72-2-1 (1982). To administer water throughout the state the State Engineer has several tools at its disposal, including designation of water masters, declaration of UWBs, and use of the AWRM rules, all of which are discussed below, along with other tools used to manage water within regions. 4.1.2.1 Water Masters The State Engineer has the power to create water master districts or sub-districts by drainage area or stream system and to appoint water masters for such districts or sub-districts. NMSA 1978, § 72-3-1 (1919). Water masters have the power to apportion the waters in the water master's district under the general supervision of the State Engineer and to appropriate, regulate, and control the waters of the district to prevent waste. NMSA 1978, § 72-3-2 (2007). In the Middle Rio Grande planning region, water masters have been appointed for the Jemez and Middle Rio Grande basins. 4.1.2.2 Groundwater Basin Guidelines The NMOSE has declared UWBs and implements guidelines in those basins for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the statutes governing underground waters. See NMAC 19.27.48.6. The groundwater basin guidelines applicable to the Middle Rio Grande region are discussed at length in the 2004 RWP, Section 5.7.1, and the 2003 Overview, Supporting Document H-6, Section II(C). The declared UWBs in the region are the Middle Rio Grande and Sandia (Figure 4-1). In the Rio Grande UWB, groundwater appropriations are administered through the Middle Rio Grande Administrative Guidelines for Review of Water Right Applications (NMOSE, 2000). There are no specific guidelines governing groundwater appropriations in the Sandia UWB. Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 36
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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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Page 11 and 12: Executive Summary The Middle Rio Gr
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Page 23 and 24: 1. Introduction The Middle Rio Gran
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Page 45 and 46: 4. Legal Issues 4.1 Relevant Water
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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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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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For this regional water plan update
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demand in this sector. The amount o
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6.5.2 Middle Rio Grande Projected W
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Table 6-5 Projected Water Demand, 2
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Table 8-2. Key Collaborative Progra
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The Middle Rio Grande-Albuquerque R
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