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Taos Regional  Water Plan

A copy of the Taos Regional Water Plan is available at the State Engineer's  web site.  We have downloaded a copy of the Executive Summary (pdf fomat) that is available here.

Please submit any comments to
:
County Attorney Adam Baker
105 Albright Street, Suite A
Taos, NM 87571
Ph: (575) 737-6307
Fax: (575) 737-6314
or by e-mail to: adam.baker@taoscounty.org

The media have reported progress of the Taos Regional Water Plan:

Regional water plan finally approved, By Andy Dennison, The Taos News, July 17,2008

EDITORIAL: Plan’s protracted, contentious wave now water under bridge, The Taos News, July 17,2008

Taos Regional Water Plan Hijacked by the Powers That Be Editorial: By Kay Matthews, La Jicarita News, March 2008

Meandering progress for water plan,  By Andy Dennison, The Taos News, 3/13/2008

Water Issue Updates; Taos Regional Water Plan, Acequias and Assorted Claims, By Bill Whaley,Horse Fly, January 18, 2008


ABEYTA WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION


New Mexico Water Settlements Pass U.S. House

Today (1/21/2010), two water settlements sponsored by
Rep. Ben Ray Luján -- the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act of 2009 (H.R. 3254) and the Aamodt Litigation
Settlement Act of 2009 (H.R. 3342) -- passed the
U.S. House of Representatives.
The bills resolve long-standing water cases in New Mexico.


Testimony provided the United States House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Water and Power

by Palamon Martinez, President
Taos Valley Acequia Association
September 9, 2009

"This Settlement Agreement (
ABEYTA WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION) . . . among the United States of America, as trustee for the Pueblo of Taos (“United States”); the Pueblo of Taos, on its own behalf (“Pueblo”); the State of New Mexico (“State”); the Taos Valley Acequia Association (“TVAA”), on its own behalf and its fifty-five (55) member Acequias on their own behalves; the Town of Taos (“Town”); the El Prado Water and Sanitation District (“EPWSD”); and the twelve (12) Taos Area Mutual Domestic Water Consumers’ Associations, on their own behalves and on behalf of their members (“MDWCAs”)"

Legislation intended to implement the Abeyta agreement has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Jeff Bingaman & Tom Udall

The Office of the State Engineer (OSE) maintains this record of the Taos/Hondo adjudication.

Press coverage:
Abeyta pact draws critics as water transfers take shape
By J.R. Logan, The Taos News, July 21, 2011
Sens. Bingaman, Udall introduce Abeyta settlement legislation
By Andy Dennison, The Taos News; May 7, 2009
N.M. delegation pushes for settlements; president promises veto
By Staci Matlock, The New Mexican, September 24, 2008


New Mexico State Water Plan (2003)

"This State Water Plan, prepared at the direction of Governor Bill Richardson in response to a mandate from the 2003 Legislature, is a blueprint to move the State forward into the 21st century with 21st century techniques and technology applied to conserve and to
increase the supply of water."