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Surface Water Opportunities in New Mexico 53rd Annual New Mexico Water Conference Surface Water Opportunities in New Mexico October 20-22, 2008 Embassy Suites Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute TABLE OF CONTENTS Water Conference Advisory Committee ........................................................................................ iv Conference Program ........................................................................................................................v Overview of Albuquerque’s Vision and Projects John Stomp, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority ...............................1 Economics and Legal Limitations of Using Surface Water for Municipal Supply John D’Antonio, Office of the State Engineer .....................................................................7 Regulatory Challenges to Shifting from Groundwater to Surface Water as a Source of Drinking Water Supply Robert Pine, NMED Drinking Water Bureau ....................................................................13 Return Flow Efficiency Phil King, New Mexico State University ..........................................................................19 El Paso’s Experience in Surface Water Treatment – Lessons Learned Ed Archuleta, El Paso Water Utilities ................................................................................25 Albert E. Utton Memorial Water Lecture 100 Years of Water Management in New Mexico – Stories about the People Involved John W. Hernandez, Water Resources Consulting Engineer .............................................31 SECURE Water Act – Senate Bill 2156 Legislative Intent Mike Connor, Office of Senator Jeff Bingaman ................................................................45 Impact on U.S. Geological Survey Programs Matthew Larsen, Associate Director for Water .................................................................49 Impact on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Programs Michael Gabaldon, Director of the Technical Resources Office, Denver .........................53 Rio Grande Salinity Management – First Steps toward Interstate Solutions.................................57 Dale Doremus, New Mexico Environment Department and Ari Michelsen, Texas AgriLife Research Center at El Paso New Mexico Municipal Representatives on the Use of Surface Water for Their Cities Claudia Borchert, Santa Fe ................................................................................................65 Frank Armjo, Las Vegas ....................................................................................................69 Jorge Garcia, Las Cruces ...................................................................................................71 ii The Evolution of Markets for Water Rights and Bulk Water Lee Brown, H2O Economics .............................................................................................77 Just Add Water: Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Status Report ...................................83 Scott Verhines, Easter New Mexico Rural Water Association and Greg Gates, CH2M HILL Update Regarding the Navajo Settlement and the Navajo-Gallup Pipeline ..................................89 Tanya Trujillo, Interstate Stream Commission and John Leeper, Navajo Nation Mutually Supportive Uses of Gila Settlement Water and Money Craig Roepke, Interstate Stream Commission ...................................................................99 An Overview of the Bear Canyon Recharge Demonstration Project Stephanie Moore, Daniel B. Stephens and Associates, Inc. ............................................103 Lower Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement: Settlement of Litigation Gary Esslinger, Elephant Butte Irrigation District ...........................................................107 Jesus Reyes, El Paso County Improvement District #1 ...................................................113 Filiberto Cortez, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation .................................................................117 Participant List .............................................................................................................................123 iii Water Conference Advisory Committee and Representatives Cecilia Abeyta, Farm Bureau Hilary Brinegar, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Brent Bullock, Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District Wayne Cunningham, Quay County John D’Antonio, Office of the State Engineer Gary L. Esslinger, Elephant Butte Irrigation District Lt. Col. Bruce Estok, Army Corps of Engineers Susan Fry Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory Chris Gorbach, Bureau of Reclamation John Hawley, Hawley Geomatters Matt Holmes, New Mexico Rural Water Association Marcy Leavitt, New Mexico Environment Department Fidel Lorenzo, Acoma Pueblo Julie Maitland, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Nathan Myers, US Geological Survey Craig Runyan, New Mexico State University Blane Sanchez, Interstate Stream Commission John Shomaker, Shomaker and Associates John Stomp, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Bruce Thomson, University of New Mexico John C. Tysseling, e3c, Inc. Enrique Vivoni, New Mexico Tech Ann Watkins, Office of the State Engineer Linda Weiss, US Geological Survey Mark Yuska, Army Corps of Engineers iv 53rd Annual New Mexico Water Conference Surface Water Opportunities in New Mexico Albuquerque Embassy Suites Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:30 Welcome by WRRI Karl Wood, Director 8:45 Welcome by Albuquerque Department of Municipal Development John R. Castillo, Director 9:00 Overview of Albuquerque’s Vision and Projects John Stomp, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority 9:45 Break 10:15 Economics and Legal Limitations of Using Surface Water for Municipal Supply John D’Antonio, New Mexico State Engineer Regulatory Challenges of the State’s Shift from Groundwater to Surface Water as a Source of Municipal Water Supply Robert Pine, New Mexico Environment Department, Drinking Water Bureau 11:00 Return Flow Efficiency Phil King, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University 11:30 El Paso’s Experience in Surface Water Treatment – Lessons Learned Ed Archuleta, El Paso Water Utilities 12:00 Luncheon: Albert E. Utton Memorial Water Lecture, “100 Years of Water Management in New Mexico – Stories about the People Involved” John W. Hernandez, Water Resources Consulting Engineer 1:30 SECURE Water Act – Senate Bill 2156 Legislative Intent Mike Connor, Office of Senator Jeff Bingaman Impact on USGS Programs Matthew Larsen, Associate Director for Water, USGS Impact on USBR Programs Michael Gabaldon, Director, Technical Resources Office, Denver, USBR v 2:30 Rio Grande Salinity Management – First Steps Toward Interstate Solutions Dale Doremus, New Mexico Environment Department, and Ari Michelsen, Texas AgriLife Research Center at El Paso 3:00 Break 3:30 New Mexico Municipal Representatives on the Use of Surface Water for Their Cities Claudia Borchert, Santa Fe Frank Armijo, Las Vegas Jorge Garcia, Las Cruces 5:00 Adjourn Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:00 The Evolution of Markets for Water Rights and Bulk Water Lee Brown, H2O Economics 8:30 Just Add Water: Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Status Report Scott Verhines, Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority and Greg Gates, CH2M HILL 9:00 Update Regarding the Navajo Settlement and the Navajo-Gallup Pipeline Tanya Trujillo, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, and John Leeper, Navajo Nation 9:30 Mutually Supportive Uses of Gila Settlement Water and Money Craig Roepke, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission 10:00 Break 10:30 The Bear Canyon Recharge Demonstration Project Stephanie Moore, Daniel B. Stephens and Associates, Inc. 11:00 Lower Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement: Settlement of Litigation Gary Esslinger, Elephant Butte Irrigation District Jesus Reyes, El Paso County Water Improvement District #1 Filiberto Cortez, Bureau of Reclamation 12:00 Adjourn vi Overview of Albuquerque’s Vision and Projects SURFACE WATER OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW MEXICO 2008 OCTOBER NEW MEXICO WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE John M. Stomp III is a registered professional engineer in New Mexico and has been the Water Resources Manager for the City and now the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority for more than eleven years. John was born and raised in New Mexico and has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from UNM. As the Water Resources Manager, he is responsible for water conservation, water reuse and reclamation, and implementation of the Drinking Water Project. He is also responsible for compliance issues related to the new drinking water standard for arsenic including the construction of a new arsenic treatment facility on Albuquerque’s westside. John has more than 20 years of experience dealing with water and wastewater issues in New Mexico and throughout the southwestern U.S. Overview of Albuquerque’s Vision and Projects John Stomp Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority PO Box 1293 Albuquerque, NM 87103-1293 Thank you for having me here today, and it’s a pleasure The impetus for this project was a 1993 report that to be in Albuquerque. We started these talks about 10 redefined our understanding of water resources in the years ago, not really knowing where we were headed or Middle Rio Grande, but it actually started many years where our water resources management strategy would before that. I’d like to remind you of Kelly Summers, take us. We started with five paragraphs back in 1997, a groundwater hydrologist who worked for the City of when the city council
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