New Report on Environmental Flow

The Santa Fe Watershed Association is pleased to release a report entitled, An Overview of Environmental Flow Policies in New Mexico and Surrounding States by Alexandra Kleyman, who was an intern with SFWA this past summer. The report surveys water policies in other communities of New Mexico (e.g., Ruidoso) and in Texas, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Utah. There is even a case study of a watershed in Spain to show a comparison with European water policies.

Click here to download the report (PDF 302 K)

This report is an initial foray for the Watershed Association into the complicated world of policies related to our goal of a living river. We intend to commission other studies, which will take the form of White Papers, on such topics as water conservation (featuring rooftop water catchment), stormwater management, groundwater management (Did you know there are over 1,000 effectively unregulated private wells inside the Santa Fe City limits?) and wastewater management.