The Rio Grande, New Mexico’s largest riverfaces threats from human demands and climate change disruption. (Photo by Danielle Prokop / Source NM)
Water stayed at the forefront of news about conservation, health and money in New Mexico this year, and pressure is growing for increased support from the Roundhouse in the January legislative session.
As the world keeps heating up due to human burning and extraction of fossil fuels, New Mexico faces the dual anxiety of too much water at times, and too little at others.
While unprecedented levels of federal money was made available for water projects during the Biden administration – from drought projects to drinking water concerns — advocacy groups say costs for addressing long-neglected contamination issues across the nation are “grossly underestimated.”
Flash floods poised to continue in disaster areas through monsoon season
Source New Mexico covered nearly 100 stories about water in 2024, ranging from U.S. Supreme Court cases to introducing the state’s new water czar to deadly flooding following wildfires and storms.