Region 16 - Lea County Regional Water Plan

The water planning region encompasses Lea County. There is no river basin in the region. The principal aquifers are the Ogallala formation and the Capitan aquifer. The region is bounded on the north by Roosevelt County, on the west by Chavez and Eddy counties, on the east and south by Texas.

Accepted by the Interstate Stream Commission in 1999.

• Final Report - Lea County Regional Water Plan
  • Executive Summary
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Documentation of Public Involvement in Planning Process
  • Strategy Chosen to Maximize the Public Involvement
  • Background Information
  • Legal Issues
  • Water Resources Assessment for the Water Plan Study Area
  • Water Demand
  • Water Plan Alternatives
  • References and Bibliography



• Figures
  • Figures 1 thru 4
  • Figures 5 thru 6
  • Figure 7
  • Figure 8
  • Figure 9
  • Figure 10
  • Figure 11 thru 19
  • Figure 20
  • Figure 21
  • Figure 22 thru 25
  • Figure 26 thru 29
  • Figure 30 thru 33
  • Figure 34



• Appendices A - D



• Appendices E - J



• Appendices R - V