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Main Stream New Mexico is your guide to revitalized regional water planning under New Mexico’s Water Security Planning Act of 2023. It is a campaign of the Interstate Stream Commission Water Planning Program.
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Understanding Water Regions

As part of the Water Security Planning Act, New Mexico is evaluating the boundaries and number of water planning regions.

Explore the considerations:

Illustration of the water cycle showing precipitation, watersheds, rivers and groundwater.Illustration of the water cycle showing precipitation, watersheds, rivers and groundwater.
This would reflect the physical characteristics of our landscapes, including watersheds and groundwater basins.

Potential benefits:

such regions may be able to plan more suitably to the characteristics of a shared water supply.
Illustration of people and the words: culture, values, norms, and traditions.Illustration of people and the words: culture, values, norms, and traditions.
This would organize regions around communities with similar values, norms, cultural practices and water traditions.

Potential benefits:

such regions may plan more suitably to the shared values and norms of their communities.
Watercolor background with the words: tribal lands, cities, counties, conservation and irrigation districts, and political districts.Watercolor background with the words: tribal lands, cities, counties, conservation and irrigation districts, and political districts.
This would base regions on governance (organized by city, county, tribal government, irrigation district, etc).

Potential benefits:

such regions have existing administrative capacities to develop, fund, and implement plans and projects.

Seems complicated?

It is, and that’s why we’re engaging all of New Mexico.

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