Last month local columnist Jeff Apodaca wrote an important article on the economic benefits of brackish water. This is an issue that demands careful and immediate analysis. It is true that New Mexico sits on billions of acre feet of brackish water. Studies are underway to determine how much water…
When I first read a few weeks ago in an article in the Guardian that 38% of the water from the Colorado River Basin goes to growing alfalfa, I was shocked. Growing a high-water crop like alfalfa in the desert seemed insane. At first glance retiring those water rights would seem…