Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Administration’s Water Resilience Initiatives (2019-2023)
Over the past five years, the State has made great progress in tackling New Mexico’s water challenges. Ongoing and completed priority work since 2019 includes:
Climate Change Task Force and Executive Order 2019-003
Expanded state agency capacity, including NMED Climate Change Bureau, EMNRD Climate Change Bureau, NMISC Acequia Bureau, NMOSE Pueblos, Tribes, and Nations Bureau
New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium
NMOSE/NMISC Tribal Water Working Group
Produced Water Act (2019)
Water Data Act (2019)
New Mexico 2020 Forest Action Plan
NMBGMR Leap Ahead Report (2022)
New Mexico Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force (2022)
Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund (2023)
Water Security Planning Act (2023)
Regional Water System Resiliency Act (2023)
Forest Conservation Act Amendments (2023)
Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire Recovery Funds (2023)
Funding and workplan for State Surface Water Permitting Program
Litigation against U.S. Department of Defense for groundwater contamination in Curry and Otero Counties
Remediation of groundwater contamination Kirtland Air Force Base, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and other federal facilities
Settlement of all Gold King Mine claims with total of $50 million for water projects and other cost recovery