WSP08199

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/1/1977
• Title: Specific Problem Analysis Summary Report - 1975 National Assessment of Water and Related Land Resources - Part 1 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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In New Mexico surface-water auppliea are limited and in
most of the areas these supplies are fully appropriated or com-
mitted, mostly for irrigation purposes. Uses for other than
irrigation of th~se supplies would require a transfer of use
from irrigation. Increased demands for uses other than irriga-
tion could result in drying up large irrigated acreages and would
have an adverse impact upon economic, social, and environmental
conditions in the region.

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Problems of groundwater quality and quantity, flooding, ero-
sion, siltation and sedimentation are being addressed by several
existing studies and programs at the local, state, and federal
levels. The rate at which these problems are alleviated appears
to depend upon available funds and the State recommends all of the
resource and conservation programs be expedited.

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Problem No.2. In the eastern part of the AWR Region in New
Mexico, primarily on the Northern and Southern High Plains, ground-
water is used extensively for irrigation and also supplies municipal
and other uses. The supplies are pumped from groundwater in storage
at a rate that exceeds recharge and water levels are being lowered.
These supplies are limited and it is only a matter of time until
pumping will become uneconomical for irrigation and extensive works
will be required to supply municipal and other uses.

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In parts of one area (House area-Quay County) groundwater mining
has lowered water levels to the extent that pumping for irrigation
is becoming uneconomical. In this area about 3,000 acres of irrigated
land will go out of production by the year 2000. Elsewhere, supplies
are probably adequate in the thne frame 1975-2000, however, shortly
after 2000 these irrigated lands will be reduced.

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The High Plains Study authorized by P.L. 94-587 is designed to
develop plans to increase water supplies and examine the feasibility
of various alternatives to provide adequate supplies for the High
Plains area. The results of this study will be applicable in the
AWR and Texas Gulf Regions of New Mexico and the State supports this
study.

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The following conclusions and recommendations apply to Problem
Area 2 in ABA 1103 which includes Harper, Woods, Alfalfa, Grant, Kay,
Major, Garfield, Noble, Kingfisher, Logan, and Payne Counties.

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