Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan

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• Valencia County: 1,068 square miles • Torrance County: 66 square miles The terrain of the planning region ranges from relatively flat terrain along the Rio Grande valley to the mountainous areas of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains to the east and the Jemez Mountains to the west. There are 11 Native American tribes in the region, listed below, and different types of federally owned land. The largest urban area in New Mexico, the Albuquerque metropolitan area, is located in the Middle Rio Grande region. • Cochiti • San Felipe • Isleta • Sandia • Jemez • Santa Ana • Jicarilla Apache Nation • Santo Domingo • Laguna • Zia • Navajo Nation (Tohajiilee) 3.2 Climate The climate of the planning region is semiarid and variable, with higher temperatures and lower precipitation in the valleys than in the mountains. Long-term average annual temperatures in the region are around 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Average annual precipitation varies from 8 to 12 inches along the Rio Grande Valley to more than 30 inches at the highest elevations. 3.3 Major Surface Water and Groundwater Sources The Rio Grande is the principal surface water source in the Middle Rio Grande region; other sources include two tributaries to the Rio Grande, the Rio Jemez and Rio Puerco, and water from the San Juan-Chama Project (Figure 3-1). The Rio Grande is shared with five other water planning regions: Taos, Rio Chama, Jemez y Sangre, Socorro-Sierra, and Lower Rio Grande. In addition, the planning region’s share of the river is governed by the Rio Grande Compact between Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, which NMISC administers on behalf of New Mexico. The Middle Rio Grande water planning region falls almost entirely within the middle portion of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin (UWB), commonly referred to as the Middle Rio Grande UWB. (A declared UWB is an area of the state proclaimed by the State Engineer to be underlain by a groundwater source having reasonably ascertainable boundaries. By such proclamation the State Engineer assumes jurisdiction over the appropriation and use of groundwater from the source.) Along its eastern boundary, however, a small portion of the Middle Rio Grande water planning region falls instead within the Sandia UWB. The Middle Rio Grande water planning region shares the Middle Rio Grande UWB primarily with the Socorro- Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 18
Sierra water planning region. Geographically, the Northwest New Mexico and Estancia Basin regions also overlie the Middle Rio Grande UWB, but these regions rely on groundwater sources that are hydrologically separate from the Middle Rio Grande UWB. A map showing the UWBs in the region is provided in Section 4.1.2.2. Additional information on administrative basins and surface and groundwater resources of the region is included in Section 4 and Sections 5.2 and 5.3, respectively. 3.4 Demographics, Economic Overview, and Land Use The Middle Rio Grande region consists primarily of the entirety of Valencia County and most of Bernalillo and Sandoval counties. The 2013 population of Bernalillo County was 674,221, while there were 136,575 people residing in Sandoval County and 76,284 in Valencia (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014a). As shown in Table 3-1, all three counties experienced a high rate of population growth from 2000 to 2010; however, since 2010, growth has slowed in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties and declined slightly in Valencia County. The boundaries of the Middle Rio Grande roughly coincide with the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which also includes a small part of Torrance County. The largest employment categories in the region are education/healthcare, professional services, retail trade, and tourism-related services (arts, entertainment, recreation, hospitality, and food services). Manufacturing and construction are also important. Agriculture is the largest water user in Sandoval and Valencia counties, while public water supply is the largest water user in Bernalillo County. Land in the Middle Rio Grande Water Planning Region is owned by various federal, tribal, state, and private entities, as illustrated on Figure 3-2 and outlined below: • Federal agencies: 1,710 square miles • Tribes: 1,623 square miles • State agencies: 205 square miles • Private entities: 1,934 square miles Current statistics on the economy and land use in each county were compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and are summarized in Table 3-1. Additional detail on demographics, economics, and land use within the region is provided in Section 6. Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 19
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Jemez Springs Precipitation (inches
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drought monitoring systems, and it
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Rio Chama La Jara JEMEZ RIVER NEAR
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Table 5-5. USGS Stream Gage Average
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