1998-1999 Annual Report
Last Modified: 4/04/2000
Office of the State Engineer
Interstate Stream Commission
Cover: Acrylic on canvas
Rio Puerco
(detail) by Neal Townsend, 1997
1998-1999 Annual Report
Table of Contents
Preparation of this report is required by law [NMSA 1978 Section 72-2-5 (1997)].
Message from the State Engineer
State of the State's Water Resources - Fiscal Year 1998-1999
Agency Overview
Administrative Services Division
Legal Services Division
Interstate Stream Commission
Active River Management Needed to Meet Rio Grande Compact Oblications
Technical Division
Water Rights Division
OSE Hearing Unit
Special Assistant on Indian Water Resources
Financial Reports
Appendix I: Narrative Summary of Status of Active Adjudications
Appendix II: ISC-Review of Basin Development Issues
Appendix III: ISC-Review of Endangered Species Issues
Appendix IV: ISC/OSE-Acequia Restoration Programs
Appendix V: Status of Hydrographic Surveys
Appendix VI: OSE and ISC Cooperative Projects with the USGS
Appendix VII: State Engineer-Natural Resources Conservation Service Cooperative Investigation Projects Watershed Protection and Flood Protection
Appendix VIII: Status of 1999 Regional Water Planning Contracts
Appendix IX: Regional Water Planning Table
Agency Phone Numbers & Addresses
Agency Staff
Acknowledgements
GIS Maps
List of Figures
Figure 1 - First Four Months of Rocket Docket Program Disposition of 516 Pending Applications
Figure 2 - NM State Engineers-Terms of Office
Figure 3 - New Mexico Statewide Precipitation: 1998-99 compared with average (1898-1998)
Figure 4 - Department Organization
Figure 5 - Interstate Stream Commission Members Fiscal Year 1998-99
Figure 6 - Cumulative Change in Winter Flows in Three Reaches of the Rio Grande from 1944-96
Figure 7 - New Mexico's Rio Grande Compact Cumulative Delivery Departure
Figure 8 - Upper Rio Grande Basin
Figure 9 - Additions to Stateline Water Deliveries from Leases and Purchases through the Pecos River Conservation Program
Figure 10 - Regional Water Planning Areas
Figure 11 - Declared Groundwater Basins
Figure 12 - New Mexico Reservations and Pueblos
Figure 13 - Completed and Ongoing Adjudications
Figure 14 - Future New Mexico Adjudications
Figure 15 - Surface Basins
List of Tables
Table 1 - Dam Inspections
Table 2 - Number and Cost of Ditch Projects
Table 3 - Number of Subdivisions Reviewd
Table 4 - Square Miles in Declared Groundwater Basins
Table 5 - Well Drillers Licensed
Table 6 - Groundwater Documents Processed
Table 7 - Total Water Documents Processed
Table 8 - Surface Water Documents Processed During Fiscal Year 1998-99
Table 9 - Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
Table 10 - Acequias Assisted by ISC/OSE
Table 11 - Watershed Projects Status
Table 12 - Regional Water Planning Table
Fiscal Year 1998-99 Annual Report
Of The Office Of The State Engineer
Chris Nunn Garcia, Editor
Design:
Kenesson Design
Web Page: Brent Pearce, Office of the State Engineer and
Kenesson Design
Cover: Acrylic on canvas by Neal Townsend, 1997
Rio Puerco
(detail)
