1. Scarcity on the Upper Rio Grande Valley (WORK IN PROGRESS) GIS FOR WATER RESOURCES, FALL 2015 1

2. Intro PRP: Sustainable River Governance Features:  Prolonged drought patterns  Increasing population  Agricultural and Urban area  Complex region Area of interest: Paso del Norte

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4. Administrative Framework HAYTHAM OUEIDAT USBR IBWC MUD’S Users EBID OSE EPCWID TCEQ

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6. SCARCITY Supply and demand:  Delimit Storage locations  Delimit Consumer locations: Agricultural, Industrial, Municipal  Trace streamlines, connections and key junctions  Account for consumptive and non-consumptive uses + Losses CONCLUSIONS HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

7. Elephant Butte Caballo SUPPLY: Reservoir capacity Integrated measurements of precipitation over time interval Integral Inflow from snowmelt and upstream conditions

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9. FLOOD CONTROL CONSERVATION

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11. Track flows to integrate in Geometric Model

12. HAYTHAM OUEIDAT OwnerNameOwnerTypeCode DivAmtValueUseCodeResNameSiteName UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 3760001ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 2ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 3ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 4ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 7ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 1ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 2ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 3ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 4ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS EL PASO CO WID 12 7ELEPHANT BUTTE RES & CABALLO RESMESILLA, AMERICAN, RIVERSIDE DIV DAMS CEMEX EL PASO INC2 1782CEMENT LAKE CITY OF EL PASO2 110001 INDIAN CLIFFS RANCH INC2 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA2 266003 HUDSPETH COUNTY CRD 12 3 2 2 2 4 2 7 El Paso / Hydspeth Surface Water Rights table 413778 acr.ft / yr New Mexico Water rights in Dona ana WR File NbrSubbasinUseDiversionOwnerCountyPOD NumberCodeGrantSourceq64q16q4SecTwsRng RG 69740DOM64.52PAULINE, ESTATE OF HANOSH MICHAEL DARG 697402212011N05W RG 69741DOM150.55PAULINE, ESTATE OF HANOSH MICHAEL DARG 697413122011N05W Only a few are accredited from Elephant Butte

13. Groundwater NM Owned by State Permits to drill well issued by OSE + Limitation: 1 acr.ft / year/ household TX Private: Land Owner Report to TCEQ No limit: Rule of capture HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

14. Hueco – Tularosa: Considered as one, thick sediment pocket from nearby mountains Recharged with treated water in El Paso Current trend: Predictions of drying out in 25 years OSE data available for monitoring wells: Water depth below surface

15. Summary TOTALS  Municipal: ◦From Water utilities ◦Demand estimated from population count ◦Relying mainly on Groundwater  Agriculture: Water rights directly from river (POD’s) or Irrigation districts Groundwater HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

16. TX vs NM & Co litigation Dependent on: o Pumping Patterns o Well locations o Geological features HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

17. Summary (Cont’d): o Current population demands are known (Estimated) o balance is maintained o Groundwater basins likely to dry in near future o Current supply is known: Volumes, Inflows from Cochiti + other gauges on the water system IMPLICATIONS ON SURFACE WATER USES: Calculation of Additional volumes needed. HAYTHAM OUEIDAT

18. Water Budget HAYTHAM OUEIDAT Compare with Annual supplies

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