Region 15 - Socorro-Sierra Regional Water Plan

The water planning region encompasses Socorro and Sierra counties. The principal river basin the Rio Grande. The principal aquifers are the Quaternary alluvium (Rio Grande) and the Santa Fe Group as well as parts of aquifers in the eight declared ground water basins in the region. The region is bounded on the north by Torrance, Valencia, and Cibola counties, on the west by Catron and Grant counties, on the south Luna and Doña Ana counties, and on the east by Torrance and Otero counties.

Accepted by the Interstate Stream Commission in 2003.

• Volume I: Text, Appendices A and B
• Cover - Table of Contents
  This also includes:
• Acknowledgements
• List of Acronyms
• Executive Summary
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Public Participation
• 3. Background
• 4. Legal Issues Affecting Water Use and Supply in the Socorro-Sierra Water Planning Region
• 5. Water Resources
• 6. Historical and Current Water Demand in the Socorro-Sierra Water Planning Region
• 7. Ability of Supply to Meet Demand
• 8. Analysis of Alternatives for Meeting Future Demand
• Appendix A - Bibliography
• Appendix B - NMWRRI Maps
• References
• Volume II: Appendices C Through H
• Cover - Table of Contents
• Appendix C: Public Involvement Information
• Appendix C1: Meeting Notes
• Appendix C2: Sample Press Releases/Newspaper Articles
• Appendix C3: Database of Public Comments Regarding Alternatives
• Appendix D: Water Law and Regional Water Planning
• Appendix E: SSPA Reports
• Appendix E1: SSPA Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Study
• Appendix E2: SSPA Groundwater Study Rio Grande and La Jencia Basins
• Appendix F: Groundwater Supply Information
• Appendix F1: Well Completion and Water Level Information
• Appendix F2: Aquifer Properties
• Appendix F3: Modified Maxey-Eakin Recharge Analysis
• Appendix F4: Mines, Mills, and Quarries in the Planning Region
• Appendix G: Water Use Information
• Appendix G1: Public Water System Information
• Appendix G2: Historical and Current Water Use
• Appendix G3: Irrigated Agriculture Water Use Estimation Methods
• Appendix G4: Population Projections
• Appendix H: Agriculture Conservation Plan