Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan

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eserved water rights through a determination of the number of acres that can be practically or feasibly irrigated on the reservation. Arizona v. California, 376 U.S. 546 (1963). In New Mexico, courts have faced a different question in the determination of Pueblo Indian water rights. Although one federal district court recognized historically irrigated acreage as the basis for determining the quantity of a pueblo’s water right, there is no established law for determining Pueblo Indian water rights. See New Mexico ex rel. State Engineer v. Aamodt, et al., 6:6-CV- 6639 (D.N.M.). Section IV(A) of the 2003 Overview, Supporting Document H-6 to the 2004 RWP, provides a detailed discussion of federal reserved water rights. Lands with federal reserved rights or aboriginal rights within the Middle Rio Grande planning region include the following: • The nine Pueblos in the region: Isleta Cochiti Sandia Santo Domingo San Felipe Santa Ana Jemez Laguna Zia • Jicarilla Apache Tribe • Tohajiilee Navajo Indian Reservation • Kirtland Air Force Base • Santa Fe National Forest • Cibola National Forest • National Forest Service Wilderness Areas • Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument • Bureau of Land Management lands 4.1.3.2 Interstate Stream Compacts Interstate compacts become federal law once ratified by Congress. Three compacts allocate water in the region—the Rio Grande, Upper Colorado River, and Colorado River compacts—and are discussed in detail in the 2004 RWP, Section 5.4.3, and 2003 Overview, Supporting Document H-6, Section VII(B). Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 40
As discussed above, the three party states to the Rio Grande Compact are currently involved in litigation over allegations by Texas that New Mexico has violated the terms of the Compact. The allegations primarily involve actions in the Lower Rio Grande of New Mexico. However, the outcome of the suit may affect the upper reaches of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, especially as related to storage and relinquishment credits, which would directly affect water users in the Middle Rio Grande planning region. 4.1.3.3 Treaties One treaty indirectly governs water use in the Middle Rio Grande planning region: the Convention with Mexico, May 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 2953, T.S. No. 455, 1 Malloy 1202. This Treaty provides for the distribution between the United States and Mexico of the waters of the Rio Grande in the international reach of the river between the El Paso-Juárez Valley and Fort Quitman, Texas. Although this reach is below the region, any use of water upstream of this reach may impact the downstream distribution of water. The treaty is addressed briefly in the 2004 RWP, Section VII(B)(1). Also of importance to water rights administration in the region, is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, entered into on February 2, 1848 between the United States and Mexico. 9 Stat. 922. The treaty provides that “property of every kind” of the Mexicans shall be “inviolably respected,” including water rights in the region established prior to 1848. The treaty is mentioned briefly in the 2004 RWP, Section III(B), and more substantially in Section 12.11. 4.1.3.4 Federal Water Projects The San Juan-Chama Project and the Middle Rio Grande Project are extremely important federal projects in the planning region. The San Juan-Chama Project is discussed in depth in the 2004 RWP, Section 5.5.4, and 2003 Overview, Supporting Document H-6, Section V. The 2004 RWP and 2003 Overview do not discuss in depth the Middle Rio Grande Project, the other major federal project in the region. In 1947 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) completed a comprehensive plan intended to improve and stabilize the Rio Grande’s Middle Valley reaches. The plan included dams for flood and sediment control that were intended to improve operation of the Rio Grande and to ensure deliveries under the Rio Grande Compact. The plan also offered the possibility of a federal loan to rehabilitate the irrigation and drainage systems of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD). Congress authorized the Middle Rio Grande Project in 1948. Flood Control Acts of 1948 and 1950 (Pub. L. No. 80-855; Pub. L. No. 81-516) (“The Act”). Congress also authorized the Corps to construct flood control reservoirs and levees for flood protection. The Act authorized the USBR to undertake the rehabilitation of the MRGCD works and to pay off outstanding MRGCD bond indebtedness. Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 41
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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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MCL MCLG MDWCA MRCOG MRGAA MRGCD MR
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Table 6-5 Projected Water Demand, 2
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