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Water Policy in New Mexico - Addressing the Challenge of an Uncertain Future (Hardcover)
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Water Policy in New Mexico - Addressing the Challenge of an Uncertain Future (Hardcover)
Series: RFF Press Water Policy Series
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This book addresses water management issues in the State of New
Mexico. It focuses on our current understanding of the natural
world, capabilities in numerical modeling, existing and evolving
regulatory frameworks, and specific issues such as water quality,
endangered species and the evolution of new water management
institutions. Similar to its neighboring states, New Mexico
regularly experiences cycles of drought. It is also experiencing
rapid economic growth while at the same time is experiencing a
fundamental climate shift. These factors place severe demands on
its scarce water resources. In addition to historical uses by the
native inhabitants of the region and the agricultural sector, new
competitive uses have emerged which will require reallocation. This
effort is complicated by unadjudicated water rights, the need to
balance the ever-increasing needs of growing urban and rural
populations, and the requirements of the ecosystem and traditional
users. It is clear that New Mexico, as with other semi-arid states
and regions, must find efficient ways to reallocate water among
various beneficial uses. This book discusses how a proper
coordination of scientific understanding, modeling advancements,
and new and emerging institutional structures can help in achieving
improved strategies for water policy and management. To do so, it
calls upon the expertise of academics from multiple disciplines, as
well as officials from federal and state agencies, to describe in
understandable terms the issues currently being faced and how they
can be addressed via an iterative strategy of adaptive management.
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