New Mexico Senate Bill 21/22 was signed into law on April 8, 2025, bringing together the Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (PDES) Act and Water Quality Act amendments in a single piece of legislation to ensure water quality protections and water resources are safe and sustainable. The goal of SB 21/22 is to improve and restore overall clean water protections.
New Mexico Senate Bill 37, “the Strategic Water Reserve Act,” signed into law on April 7, 2025, lays the groundwork for creating a strategic water reserve for New Mexico to ensure long-term water security. Senate Bill 37’s (SB 37) purpose is to keep water in New Mexico’s waterways.
In April 2025, the State of New Mexico signed the Strategic Water Supply Act (HB 137) into law as a 50-year Water Action Plan component. The 50-year Water Action Plan focuses on Water Conservation, New Water Supplies, and Water and Watershed protections.
For small water systems, maintaining water quality is critical to ensuring safe and reliable drinking water for communities and customers. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is by creating and implementing a flushing program.
Whether you’re an industry professional or just curious about where your water comes from and where it goes after you use it, touring treatment facilities like this one is a fun and engaging way to learn about water systems. The Arcata Wastewater Treatment Plant and Wildlife Sanctuary is a particularly innovative example.
In June 2022, human rights nonprofit DigDeep released the first ever US study on the national price tag for allowing millions of Americans to live without running water. The findings from the report are staggering.
On March 29th, 2022, the Institute for American Indian Research at the University of New Mexico hosted an online panel discussion on Water and Indigenous Relations…
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Hello, I am Eleanor Hasenbeck. I recently joined the Southwest Environmental Finance Center as a research assistant. At the SWEFC, I am excited to...