BBER Publications
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
10-1986
Abstract
The report examines future water supply and demand conditions in three major southern New Mexico hydrologic regions: the Lower Rio Grande Surface Drainage Basin, the Gila-San Francisco Surface Drainage Basin, and the Mimbres Closed Basin. Prepared by John C. Tysseling, David Boldt, and Brian McDonald of the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research in cooperation with the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, the study was designed to identify the magnitude and location of future water scarcity conditions and to provide a planning framework for water resource management through the year 2005. Using 1980 water-use inventories from the New Mexico State Engineer Office together with demographic, economic, and employment projections, the authors developed sector-specific water use coefficients and projected future demands for residential, commercial, industrial, mining, agricultural, recreational, and governmental uses. The analysis evaluates water demand at both county and basin levels while considering institutional constraints such as water rights administration, interstate compact obligations, groundwater management policies, and federal reclamation projects.
Recommended Citation
Tysseling, John C., David Boldt, and Brian McDonald. Projections of Water Availability in the Lower Rio Grande, Gila-San Francisco, and Mimbres Drainage Basins to 2005. Technical Completion Report. University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Institute for Applied Research Services, in cooperation with the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, October 1986.