AWSA quarterly public meeting to be held

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Published: 02 April 2013 02 April 2013

(SANTA FE, New Mexico) – The next Arizona Water Settlements Act public meeting is scheduled for April 15, 2013 at 6:00 pm. Discussion will focus on the Gila planning process. There will be a demonstration of the AWSA website.  A full agenda will follow.


           What:         Arizona Water Settlements Act Public Meeting
 
          Where:          Western New Mexico University
                              Student Memorial Building Seminar Room
                              Silver City, NM
                              http://www.wnmu.edu/quickfacts/wnmu_map.pdf.
                              The Student Memorial Building is #38 in the middle of the campus.
    When:         Monday, April 15, 2013
                      6:00 p.m. Public Meeting

 

The next AWSA Public Meeting is scheduled for April 15th at 6:00 p.m. in the Student Memorial Building Seminar Room of Western New Mexico University in Silver City. The ISC has chosen the Student Memorial Building for internet access for a demonstration of the AWSA website.
 
Here’s a link to a map of the campus:  http://www.wnmu.edu/quickfacts/wnmu_map.pdf.  The Student Memorial Building is #38 in the middle of the campus.  If you have any questions or topics you think should be discussed, please email Craig Roepke, ISC deputy director. 

Topics suggested so far include:
-- Discussion of amended projects, i.e., what's new or different from original projects, including a presentation by the City of Deming on its amended diversion proposal.
-- Update from BOR on its cost and cost/benefit analyses given submission of amended projects
-- Presentation by SS Papadopulos on their IHA report
-- Status of analyses by ISC contractors on AWSA projects-- what reports are now available and summary of results e.g., Shomaker Bayard Hydrologic Analysis Report.
-- Status of municipal conservation projects for $100K approved by ISC in Feb 2012 - i.e., Town of Silver City and City of Deming  demonstration projects.

The Office of the State Engineer is charged with administering the state's water resources.  The State Engineer has power over the supervision, measurement, appropriation, and distribution of all surface and groundwater in New Mexico, including streams and rivers that cross state boundaries. The State Engineer is also Secretary of the Interstate Stream Commission and oversees its staff.
                                                       

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