/tags/water-resources water resources en-US Copyright Wed, 22 May 2019 21:16:29 GMT /local-news/2019-05-22/lets-talk-new-mexicos-wet-spring Let's Talk New Mexico 5/23 8a: Higher than average rainfall and snowpack means we're experiencing one of its wettest springs in decades. The Rio Grande is… Wed, 22 May 2019 21:16:29 GMT /local-news/2019-05-22/lets-talk-new-mexicos-wet-spring Ty Bannerman /local-news/2019-02-08/what-do-we-know-about-the-holloman-groundwater-contamination Holloman Air Force Base is the site of some incredibly high levels of groundwater contamination. Laura Paskus broke the story for NMPoliticalReport.com… Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:12:55 GMT /local-news/2019-02-08/what-do-we-know-about-the-holloman-groundwater-contamination Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2018-12-18/gila-river-diversion-funding-deadline-looms New Mexico authorized more than $100,000 earlier this month for engineers who are working to develop a plan to divert the Gila River for agricultural uses… Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:25:26 GMT /local-news/2018-12-18/gila-river-diversion-funding-deadline-looms Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2018-01-08/new-mexico-hits-the-high-court-on-the-rio-grande On a frigid Monday morning in the nation’s capital, as most of the press corps turned its attention toward a water dispute between Florida and Georgia,… Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:58:38 GMT /local-news/2018-01-08/new-mexico-hits-the-high-court-on-the-rio-grande Laura Paskus /public-health-new-mexico/2017-08-16/controversy-swirls-around-santolina-water-plan-delay Water has always been at the center of the controversy over Santolina, a massive project planned for over 20 square miles on a dusty mesa west of… Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:59:16 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-08-16/controversy-swirls-around-santolina-water-plan-delay Ed Williams /local-news/2016-09-07/unm-students-to-rally-against-north-dakota-oil-pipeline UNM’s Kiva Club, a Native American issues student club, and a Native American Studies class are holding a demonstration Thursday to show solidarity with… Wed, 07 Sep 2016 23:15:45 GMT /local-news/2016-09-07/unm-students-to-rally-against-north-dakota-oil-pipeline /local-news/2016-08-03/rio-grande-hydrologists-worried-after-july-heat During the irrigation season in New Mexico, the Rio Grande is allowed to go completely dry in some stretches. Even Saturday’s intense thunderstorm in… Wed, 03 Aug 2016 23:51:10 GMT /local-news/2016-08-03/rio-grande-hydrologists-worried-after-july-heat Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2016-07-22/santolina-approval-stalls-without-water-contract The Bernalillo County approval process for a huge housing development on Albuquerque’s west side stalled on Thursday.The county planning commission chair… Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:26:18 GMT /local-news/2016-07-22/santolina-approval-stalls-without-water-contract /local-news/2016-06-27/agency-downsizes-gila-river-diversion-plans It looks like state officials have scrapped a $1 billion proposal to divert water from the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico – but they’re still… Mon, 27 Jun 2016 23:55:06 GMT /local-news/2016-06-27/agency-downsizes-gila-river-diversion-plans Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2015-08-18/listen-who-pays-for-animas-and-san-juan-river-cleanup 91°µÍø Call In Show 8/20 8a: The mustard-yellow plume has passed and the Animas and San Juan rivers are now open again. But how long will the toxic… Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:59:17 GMT /local-news/2015-08-18/listen-who-pays-for-animas-and-san-juan-river-cleanup