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<br />o <br />.-.j <br />CO <br />C\J <br />c..'J <br />o <br /> <br />NEW MEXICO <br /> <br />Problem Area I, Rio Grande Basin. <br />shown in Table 1 apply generally to all <br />in the .Rio Grande Region in New Mexico. <br /> <br />The problem issues and effects <br />of the counties and part counties <br /> <br />ii' .~. <br />,. <br />The Rio Grande Region (wac No. 13) in New.Mexico' includes ASA <br />1304 (entirely in New Mexico) and ASA 1302 (includes 2 counties in <br />Texas). Counties in ASA 1304 are generally located in the Pecos <br />River Basin and those in ASA 1302 are generally in the Rio Grande <br />Basin. <br /> <br />In national and regional planning studiea ~oncerning New Mexico <br />all of the area east of the ContinentafOiVide and extending to the <br />Arkansas-White-Red River and Texas Gulf Basins is considered part: of <br />the Rio Grande Basin. The ,P!"cos RiVer is 'a tributary of the Rio <br />Grande and joins the Rio Gnmde near 'Comstdck, Texas. In national <br />and regional planning, the Pecos River drainage ,is included as, a <br />sub-basin of the Rio Grande, however, in Ne~ Mexico 'the Pecos ,River <br />Basin is separate and distinct from th!" Rio Grande and for state <br />planning purposes, the basins are cons:Lde,red~,~pa~ately. ' ' <br /> <br />, , <br />The Pecos River and Rio. Gr.and,e Basins as' defined by surface <br />drainage boundaries in New Mexico were !,!esc"ibed durin$ AcHvl!:'Y 2, <br />Phase II. Th~se descriptions are found at pages 11-35 and lll(;,125 <br />in' "Technical Memprandum - State Regiomil~utures and Prob.lem ,,~lsts <br />(Activity 2, Phase II)" for the. Rio Grande~e,gion publish~li byi):he <br />Bureau of Reclama;ion in Janllary 1977 ,and are not repeated hEtrein. <br />-. . ~ ~J <br /> <br />During Activities 1 and 2, a num1;>er of similar problemS >iliire <br />identifiad throughout both river basins in New Mexico. Tnese~rob- <br />lems are connnon to' 'the area shoWn as No.1 in New Mexico on tli'e <br />regional map and are as follows: c <br /> <br />1. Surfaee-water supplies are limited and in most of the~ <br />area these supplies are fully appropriated"or connnitted, <br />mostly for irrigation' purposes. Uses for other than <br />irrigation of the~e supplies would require a transfer <br />of 'use from irrigation. ,. <br /> <br />2. Throughout much of the area yields from 8ro~ndwater <br />aquifers, are low to moderate and the qualitY' of water <br />is generally poor. Where these cond:iJ:,io~s:exist, the <br />supp~ies are not adequate' to meet projected increased <br />municipal and other uses. <br /> <br />. ~ <br /> <br />3. Sorface-wa'ter runoff results in flood damage in 1irban <br />and rural communities. Uncontro1~ed flooding along <br />stream channels results in daDiage:to diversion structures, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. ,;.1 <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />. ..{. <br />