Scarcity on the Upper Rio Grande Valley (WORK IN PROGRESS) GIS FOR WATER RESOURCES, FALL

Intro PRP: Sustainable River Governance Features:  Prolonged drought patterns  Increasing population  Agricultural and Urban area  Complex region Area of interest: Paso del Norte

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Administrative Framework HAYTHAM OUEIDAT USBR IBWC MUD’S Users EBID OSE EPCWID TCEQ

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SCARCITY Supply and demand:  Delimit Storage locations  Delimit Consumer locations: Agricultural, Industrial, Municipal  Trace streamlines, connections and key junctions  Account for consumptive and non-consumptive uses + Losses CONCLUSIONS HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

Elephant Butte Caballo SUPPLY: Reservoir capacity Integrated measurements of precipitation over time interval Integral Inflow from snowmelt and upstream conditions

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FLOOD CONTROL CONSERVATION

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Track flows to integrate in Geometric Model

HAYTHAM OUEIDAT OwnerNameOwnerTypeCode DivAmtValueUseCodeResNameSiteName UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 2ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 3ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 4ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 7ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 1ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 2ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 3ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 4ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 7ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS CEMEX EL PASO INC2 1782CEMENT LAKE CITY OF EL PASO INDIAN CLIFFS RANCH INC2 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HUDSPETH COUNTY CRD El Paso / Hydspeth Surface Water Rights table acr.ft / yr New Mexico Water rights in Dona ana WR File NbrSubbasinUseDiversionOwnerCountyPOD NumberCodeGrantSourceq64q16q4SecTwsRng RG 69740DOM64.52PAULINE, ESTATE OF HANOSH MICHAEL DARG N05W RG 69741DOM150.55PAULINE, ESTATE OF HANOSH MICHAEL DARG N05W Only a few are accredited from Elephant Butte

Groundwater NM Owned by State Permits to drill well issued by OSE + Limitation: 1 acr.ft / year/ household TX Private: Land Owner Report to TCEQ No limit: Rule of capture HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

Hueco – Tularosa: Considered as one, thick sediment pocket from nearby mountains Recharged with treated water in El Paso Current trend: Predictions of drying out in 25 years OSE data available for monitoring wells: Water depth below surface

Summary TOTALS  Municipal: ◦From Water utilities ◦Demand estimated from population count ◦Relying mainly on Groundwater  Agriculture: Water rights directly from river (POD’s) or Irrigation districts Groundwater HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

TX vs NM & Co litigation Dependent on: o Pumping Patterns o Well locations o Geological features HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

Summary (Cont’d): o Current population demands are known (Estimated) o balance is maintained o Groundwater basins likely to dry in near future o Current supply is known: Volumes, Inflows from Cochiti + other gauges on the water system IMPLICATIONS ON SURFACE WATER USES: Calculation of Additional volumes needed. HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

Water Budget HAYTHAM OUEIDAT Compare with Annual supplies

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