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The City of Chandler, Arizona – a progressive, cutting-edge City where entrepreneurial spirit and hometown traditions create a truly dynamic destination. Chandler delivers exceptional amenities and diverse cultural facilities amid a world-class innovation hub. Careful management of water has allowed the City to prosper in a desert setting.  Each day, City of Chandler Water Quality Specialists perform up to 100 tests on the drinking water its citizens receive at their home or business. These tests ensure that their water meets every health and safety standard set by the state and federal government.

The City of Peoria Public Works - Utilities Department activities touch the lives of Peoria citizens every day. The Public Works - Utilities Department is comprised of a team of technical and administrative personnel dedicated to providing excellent service. The Water Resources division’s purpose is to ensure a sustainable water supply for Peoria residents and businesses, now and in the future. Due to the regulatory need to reduce groundwater mining, Peoria has converted to renewable water resources for the majority of its water supply. This division is responsible for coordinating and acquiring water rights, planning for the cost-effective acquisition and/or development of additional supplies, obtaining and maintaining the city's Designation of Assured Water Supply, and maintaining regulatory compliance with the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) water management rules.
In November 2007, the City Council adopted the “Principles of Sound Water Management” --- a compendium of 17 policies that cover topics ranging from regulatory compliance to water conservation to land use water management to drought planning. The "Principles" act as an over-arching policy guide for the city's water future, and are unique among Arizona municipal providers. Two key Peoria water resource principles are: (1) the pursuit of water reclamation, both direct reuse and recharge, to conserve drinking water supplies, and (2) recharge groundwater with unused renewable water supplies and implement strategies to recover those renewable water supplies when needed.
Ancillary to optimizing their water supplies, The Water Resources Division is also responsible for complying with drinking water rules for their potable water system, Arizona Pollutant Dischatge Elimination System (AZPDES) permits and State of Arizona Aquifer Protection Permits for three reclamation facilities, and more.

The City of Phoenix Water Services Department is responsible for Phoenix's water and wastewater programs.  The water program provides a safe and adequate domestic water supply to all residents in the water service area. The wastewater program assists in providing a clean, healthy environment through the effective management and treatment of wastewater. The City of Phoenix provides drinking water to more than 1.5 million people within its 540 square-mile service area. On average, about 95 percent of Phoenix's water comes from surface water (lakes and rivers) and the remaining water comes from groundwater (wells). Each May, the city distributes and posts to the web a Water Quality Report  that contains important information about the quality of its water. Phoenix is committed to providing the highest quality drinking water and service to its customers.

Scottsdale Water has been providing quality drinking water and advanced reclamation services to Scottsdale businesses and residents for over 40 years. In 2014, Scottsdale Water delivered an average of 67 million gallons of water a day to its customers.  Its service area covers 185 square miles with over 88,000 active water accounts, about 90 percent of which are residential accounts, and approximately 80,000 active sewer accounts. Scottsdale Water has a long history of thinking and acting strategically with its water resources.
They were the first Arizona water utility to implement indirect potable reuse with the Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) facility located at the award-winning Water Campus. The AWT is one of the largest and most sophisticated indirect potable reuse facilities in the world and has been an industry leader since the facility began operation in 1998 as a zero discharge facility.
Scottsdale’s reclamation system has approximately 1,400 miles of sewer collection lines and over 40 lift stations. Through extensive and innovative groundwater recharge practices, a diverse water supply portfolio, and a commitment to promoting conservation, Scottsdale Water is ensuring safe, reliable drinking water for its customers now and in the future.

The Water Resource Management Department of the City of Surprise includes management of water and wastewater utilities, water-related capital improvement projects, as well as oversight of the Environmental Division focused on regulatory compliance and planning for its water future. There are 13 drinking water service providers within the Surprise special planning areas.
The Surprise Wastewater System protects the health and environment of its residents and meets strict federal and state water quality requirements. Currently, Surprise owns and operates the majority of the wastewater infrastructure within its incorporated boundaries. Surprise converts raw sewage into its final form of Class A+ quality reclaimed water through biological treatment, filtering and disinfection. The wastewater is regularly monitored to ensure that it meets state and federal regulations for direct reuse and recharge. After undergoing treatment, the reclaimed water flows through pumping stations where it is sent to various end users to be reused.
The majority of Surprise's reclaimed water is used for agricultural irrigation, groundwater recharge, landscape irrigation and dust control. On average, approximately 7.3 million gallons per day are reused or recharged.

The Environmental Services Section of the Water Utilities Division of the City of Tempe is responsible for compliance with the Federal Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Aquifer Protection Permits, existing National Pollution Discharge Elimination Permits (NPDES) and the Arizona Pollution Discharge Elimination Permits (AZPDES) requirements for operation of the sanitary sewer, stormwater, water production, and wastewater treatment/discharge, Arizona Department of Health Services(ADHS) licensed laboratory.

The five programs within the Environmental Division are Backflow Prevention, Pretreatment, Regulatory Compliance, Stormwater, and the Water Quality Laboratory. Its purpose is to provide a safe and healthy quality of life for its customers by enabling the skills and talents of its employees to: provide clean, safe drinking water; collect and safely treat wastewater; create and maintain a sustainable environment; maintain competitive user rates; and, provide a superior level of customer service. They do this through the combined efforts of 150 diverse and dedicated water, environmental and administrative professionals that serve Tempe on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

The goal, and highest priority to the City of Yuma’s customers, is to take all necessary actions to ensure the delivery of a reliable water supply of the highest quality at reasonable and equitable costs. As part of accomplishing its goal, they commit to working cooperatively with others on projects of mutual public benefit to achieve the greatest possible efficiency and effectiveness. Their Treatment Division manages the City’s drinking water production and wastewater treatment.  This division also ensures compliance with EPA’s Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and biosolids regulations via Industrial Pretreatment, Cross Connection Control and the Environmental Laboratory. 
The Utility Department’s Treatment Division includes water and wastewater treatment, industrial discharge pretreatment, cross-connection control and laboratory services.

he Cortaro Water Users Association acts as the Agent for the Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District, which serves the agricultural irrigation needs of the Marana, Avra Valley and Cortaro communities. The District owns approximately 65 miles of pipelines and concrete canals, providing irrigated water to more than 12,000 acres of farmland.

The District also offers water storage and non-potable service within its service area. Originally created to protect valuable water resources, the District continues a long-standing tradition of providing irrigated water to area farmlands, in addition to water storage and non-potable water to various regions of the northern Marana area.

The District works closely with other governmental agencies, including Pima Association of Governments, City of Tucson, the Bureau of Land Management and other organizations, including the Arizona Municipal Power Users’ Association and the Colorado River Water Users’ Association. The District is committed to achieving maximum yield while following strict water conservation and protection guidelines.

The Fountain Hills Sanitary District is a governmental entity separate from the Town of Fountain Hills. The District’s sole purpose is to collect, treat, and dispose of wastewater and its byproducts within the Town of Fountain Hills and a very small portion of the City of Scottsdale. The District operates in accordance with Title 48 of the Arizona Revised Statutes and is governed by an elected five-person board of directors. The District was established in 1969 and constructed its first wastewater treatment facility in 1974.

Today, the District operates a 2.9 million gallon per day wastewater treatment facility, 18 raw wastewater pump stations, over 200 miles of sewer lines, and an advanced water treatment facility. The District provides sewer service to over 13,000 residential connections, 300 commercial connections, and reclaimed water for irrigation to three golf courses and three town parks. The District employs a staff of 41

Gust Rosenfeld is a full service law firm established in 1921 with offices in Phoenix, Wickenburg and Tucson. The firm is known for the quality of its lawyers and legal advice, as well as its creative insights and practical solutions in business, public and civil law.

Gust Rosenfeld is experienced in alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and corporate law, commercial finance, education law, environmental law, franchises and franchising, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, natural resources, health care law, public finance, public law, real estate, taxation, and trusts and estates.

SRP, located in the southwestern United States, has more than 100 years of experience in water resource management and power generation in the Sonoran Desert. SRP operates a system of seven storage dams and 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometers) of canals and laterals, delivering more than 1 million acre feet of water annually to municipalities and irrigators. As the nation's oldest multipurpose water reclamation project, SRP operates and maintains an irrigation system that typically delivers more than 325 billion gallons of water to municipal, industrial, agricultural and urban irrigation systems each year.

SRP works with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to address known pollution problems through special projects. SRP also collaborates with the City of Phoenix and other communities in the Phoenix metropolitan area to implement water conservation measures and programs to monitor and protect water quality.

One of SRP's most important water management programs is water quality monitoring. It provides information about patterns and trends in SRP surface and groundwater quality and also about potential pollution sources. SRP monitors the rivers within the watershed, as well as the canals and groundwater wells within its water service area.

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is the largest statewide coalition of public water agencies in the country. Its 430 public agency members collectively are responsible for 90% of the water delivered to cities, farms and businesses in California. ACWA’s mission is to assist its members in promoting the development, management and reasonable beneficial use of good quality water at the lowest practical cost in an environmentally balanced manner.

In fulfilling its role, ACWA identifies issues of concern to the water industry and the public it serves; accumulates and communicates the best available scientific and technical information to the public and policy makers; facilitates consensus building; develops reasonable goals and objectives for water resources management; advocates sound legislation; promotes local service agencies as the most efficient means of providing water service; provides additional services of value to its members; and fosters cooperation among all interest groups concerned with stewardship of the state’s water resources.

Coachella Valley Water District
Coachella Valley Water District, located primarily in eastern Riverside County, was formed in 1918 to protect and conserve local water sources. CVWD is now a multifaceted agency that delivers irrigation and domestic (drinking) water, collects and recycles wastewater, provides regional storm water protection, replenishes the groundwater basin and promotes water conservation.

CVWD provides drinking water to approximately 108,000 accounts. All of the drinking water comes from a vast groundwater supply. Imported water from the California State Water Project and Colorado River is used for agricultural and golf course irrigation and groundwater replenishment.

The Eastern Municipal Water District was organized as a Municipal Water District in 1950 for the primary purpose of importing Colorado River water to its service area in order to augment local water supplies. Its primary water supplier is the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California, which provides up to 75% of its water supply. As a Municipal Water District operating under state law, the publicly elected Board of Directors is legally responsible for its organization and performance. The Board hires the General Manager to carry out its executive functions to oversee operations.

The mission of EMWD is to deliver value to its customers and the communities they serve by providing safe, reliable, economical and environmentally sustainable water, wastewater and recycled water services. In order to do so the District has identified four primary product and service categories including potable (drinking quality) water, wastewater collection and treatment, recycled water/conservation, and water, wastewater, and recycled connections.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a regional wholesaler that delivers water to 26 member public agencies – 14 cities, 11 municipal water districts, one county water authority – which in turn provides water to more than 19 million people in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties. Metropolitan is governed by a 37-member board of directors who represent their respective member agencies ensuring each member agency is part of the governance of Metropolitan.

To supply the more than 300 cities and unincorporated areas in Southern California with reliable and safe water, Metropolitan owns and operates an extensive water system including the Colorado River Aqueduct, 16 hydroelectric facilities, nine reservoirs, 819 miles of large-scale pipes and five water treatment plants. Four of these treatment plants are among the 10 largest plants in the world. In fact, Metropolitan is the largest distributor of treated drinking water in the United States. The District imports water from the Feather River in Northern California and the Colorado River to supplement local supplies. It also helps its member agencies develop water recycling, storage and other local resource programs to provide additional supplies and conservation programs to reduce regional demands.

Metropolitan currently delivers an average of 1.7 billion gallons of water per day to a 5,200-square-mile service area.

The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) is a joint powers authority comprised of five member agencies: Eastern Municipal Water District, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Orange County Water District, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, and Western Municipal Water District.

SAWPA is located in Riverside, approximately in the geographic center of the watershed. The population in the Santa Ana River Watershed is one of the fastest-growing regions in the State. SAWPA has grown in capability to become one of California’s leading regional water agencies. The watershed, and the State as a whole, are facing many challenges in ensuring that there is sufficient, high-quality water for the ever-growing population of the region. SAWPA works with planners, water experts, design and construction engineers, and other government agencies to identify issues and solutions, and then uses innovation to resolve many water-related problems.

SAWPA works with legislators to ensure that there are useful laws on water resources, with funding sources to ensure that necessary projects can be completed; with planners to ensure that there is enough water in the future; with regulators to ensure that the water is safe and clean, and with all other stakeholders, including the concerned public, to build collaborative, regional solutions to meet the area’s water needs.

Sweetwater Authority is a publicly-owned water agency with policies and procedures established by a seven-member Board of Directors. Five directors are elected by the citizens of the South Bay Irrigation District, and two directors are appointed by the Mayor of National City, subject to City Council confirmation.

Under the Irrigation District Law of the State of California (Division 11 of the water Code), Sweetwater Authority was established when the South Bay Irrigation District and the City of National City amended and re-adopted a joint-powers agreement (JPA) in 1977. Subsequently, several amendments have been added to the original document.

Since 1977 Sweetwater Authority has provided safe, reliable water service to approximately 191,500 people in a service area that covers a 32-square mile area that includes National City, Bonita, and the western and central portions of Chula Vista, California. Delivered to customers via 388 miles of pipeline, water is procured from four sources: (1) deep freshwater wells located in National City (2) capture of local runoff in the Sweetwater River with subsequent storage at Loveland Reservoir in Alpine, and Sweetwater Reservoir in Spring Valley (3) San Diego Formation Wells in the lower Sweetwater River basin, and (4) purchase of imported water delivered by the San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District. Revenues are obtained entirely from water sales, fees for service, and returns on investments. The agency receives no tax revenues.

West Valley Water District currently provides drinking water to customers in portions of Rialto, Colton, Fontana, Bloomington, and portions of the unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, and a portion of the city of Jurupa Valley in Riverside County.

West Valley Water District's mission is to provide a reliable, safe drinking water supply to meet their customers' present and future needs at a reasonable cost and to promote water-use efficiency and conservation.

West Valley Water District has five treatment plants, 360 miles of pipeline, 25 reservoirs, 23 wells, 20,000 service connections, and they serve drinking water to 66,000 residents in four cities and two counties.

he Yucaipa Valley Water District provides a variety of services to its customers and the community. In addition to providing typical water and sewer services, the Yucaipa Valley Water District also is involved in several activities that result in the protection and management of natural resources.

The Yucaipa Valley Water District provides: drinking water service to a population of over 50,000 from approximately 12,000 service connections; sewer service to approximately 10,000 service connections; recycled water services to golf courses, schools, parks and other landscaped areas near existing recycled water facilities. The District also operates a 15-mile extension of the Santa Ana Regional Interceptor used to transport salt solutions out of the Santa Ana Watershed. This facility is to manage the accumulation of salts in our groundwater supplies.

The first and most logical step to ensuring quality water at the tap is to eliminate contaminations from entering the source. The Yucaipa Valley Water District's watershed protection extends to the far reaches of their service area and involves the protection and management of approximately 630 acres of undeveloped property within its watershed. The Yucaipa Valley Water District encompasses an active service area of approximately 40 square miles. Its sphere of influence, which will resemble our ultimate service area, is approximately 68 square miles.

The mission of the City of Pueblo’s Wastewater Department is to collect and reclaim waste water in a manner that is protective of public health and the environment. This is done by: collecting sanitary sewage from residences, businesses, and industries; conveying sewage to the Wastewater Treatment Facility safely and efficiently; treating sewage to levels specified by federal and state law; and, disposing of residual materials in compliance with legal requirements.

Their objectives are to: discharge only nontoxic effluent that meets standards protective of public health and the environment; maintain and develop firm treatment and collection-system capacity to meet the ongoing needs of community development and the changing requirements of environmental law; meet all legal requirements in a continuous, cost-effective manner; recycle or dispose of treatment process residuals, meet solids stabilization requirements, and limit odor problems; and, upgrade employee training and skill levels in all aspects of treatment, maintenance, laboratory analysis, and safety, including cross-training between disciplines to achieve greater efficiency

In 2013, Colorado Springs Utilities water system served an estimated 458,716 people, including Colorado Springs residents, as well as customers living in the Ute Pass communities west of the city, military bases and other suburban areas outside the city limits. The system delivered 21.6 billion gallons of potable water. When fully developed, potable and non-potable water resources will provide firm yield of about 152,000 acre-feet.

The system has sufficient water supply to meet the growing needs of the area until approximately 2040 under present population and per capita demand projections, assuming retention of all present water resource entitlements and timely development of necessary additional facilities including the Southern Delivery System, which is set to being delivering water to Colorado Springs Utilities customers and project partner communities in 2016.

The community’s water supply system is designed and operated to withstand recurring cycles of drought through a complex network of storage reservoirs, water delivery systems and related water infrastructure. They rely more heavily on storage to meet customer demands during periods of drought when water system inflows are below average.

GEI Consultants, Inc. is a consulting engineering and environmental firm that delivers value by providing professional services to improve our world’s built environments. With more than 800 staff and 38 offices nationwide, GEI is a leader in providing multi-disciplined engineering and technical services to a range of private and public sector clients domestically and abroad.

As an employee-owned firm, we foster personal relationships with our clients and cultivate our staff in a partnership model which is underpinned by continuous learning and sharing of knowledge. We retain proven recognized industry experts and attract the best young minds in the industry to deliver to our clients a refreshing blend of technical expertise, collaborative spirit and innovation that is rare in our profession.

GEI is consistently ranked among the top firms in Engineering News Record’s (ENR) annual list of Top Design Firms and Top Environmental Firms.

The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District is the wastewater treatment authority for much of metropolitan Denver and parts of northern Colorado. They are a large, stand-alone special district formed by the Colorado legislature as the Metropolitan Denver Sewage Disposal District No. 1 in 1961 to provide wastewater transmission and treatment services to member municipalities and special connectors in compliance with federal, state and local laws. Construction of their first facility, Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility, and 50 miles of interceptor sewer lines began in 1964. The plant began operating in 1966. In 1990 their name changed to Metro Wastewater Reclamation District.

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District is committed to protecting the environment and providing for the community's future needs. They serve approximately 1.8 million people across a 715-square mile service area including Denver, Arvada, Aurora, Brighton, Lakewood, Thornton and Westminster. They collect about 130 million gallons of wastewater per day from neighborhood sewer lines and remove more than 95 percent of the pollutants before discharging it into the South Platte River. They make wastewater suitable for agriculture, aquatic life, industrial use, water supply and recreation.

Metro’s mission is to provide wastewater transmission and treatment services to Metro District ratepayers in an efficient, cost-effective manner while continuing to meet all statutory and regulatory requirements. They have been recognized through many different awards and certifications including the: Gold Award, EPA Award, and National Biosolids Partnership Certification.

PCWRA is a biological nutrient removal process with a permitted capacity of 6.44 million gallons a day. The employ a unique group of people working together. For instance, their Administration Department is involved in asset management and capital replacement, in working to ensure all capital and general funds are invested safely in a diverse portfolio, and is instrumental in providing accurate information to their auditors.

The PCWRA laboratory is a full service wastewater laboratory whose mission is to analyze the components of the wastewater at various states of the treatment process in order to optimize the treatment quality. Further, the PXWRA team-oriented maintenance staff provides a continuous effort to troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and improve their facility.

Finally, PCWRA’’s industrial pretreatment program is required to prevent commercial and industrial wastewater discharges from adversely affecting the municipal wastewater collection system, biosolids, PCWRA’s water quality and/or its workers.

The Department of Utility Services is responsible for all facets of water, wastewater, and reclaimed water services for the City of Henderson. The Department provides treatment and distribution of drinking water, collection and reclamation of wastewater, laboratory testing services, utility infrastructure planning and management, and customer care and billing services.

Their mission is to provide vital water and wastewater services to their citizens while protecting the environment, health and prosperity of their community. They provide high quality potable drinking water, which meets or exceeds all federal and state water quality requirements. The City maintains more than 1,200 miles of water pipelines, and more than 920 miles of sewer pipelines. The Department’s water quality laboratory collects water samples from their treatment plans every day, and conducts hundreds of tests every month.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is a cooperative, not-for-profit agency formed in 1991 to address Southern Nevada’s unique water needs on a regional basis. SNWA official are charged with managing the region’s water resources and providing for Las Vegas Valley residents’ and businesses’ present and future water needs.

SNWA is governed by a seven-member agency comprised of representatives from each of its member organizations. These member agencies are: Big Bend Water District, Boulder City, Clark County Water Reclamation, Henderson, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Valley Water District, North Las Vegas. Since 1991, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has developed and implemented one of the most progressive and comprehensive water conservation programs in the nation.

Conservation efforts in the Las Vegas Valley have helped the community reduce its per capita water use by more than 40 percent between 2002 and 2014, even as the population increased by more than 500,000 residents during that time. As part of its water resource planning efforts, SNWA uses population forecasts prepared by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to project water demands 50 years into the future, which allows Southern Nevada’s regional water provider to pair the water resources necessary with the projected water demands. This ensures the SNWA's water resource strategies will meet the community’s water needs for the next half-century.
SNWA's Water Resource Plan provides a comprehensive overview of the water resources and demands in Southern Nevada and describes the agency’s approach to forecasting and managing water demands and meeting long-term resource needs, including during times of declared shortages. In addition, SNWA formed the Integrated Resource Planning Advisory Committee(IRPAC) to help guide future water resource planning for Southern Nevada by evaluating SNWA's resource development and management, facilities, funding, planning, conservation and water quality.

Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) operates as a non-profit organization governed by the Utilities Board of Commissioners (Board) that establishes strategic policy. LCU provides utility services to approximately 100,000 residents and businesses within its service territory. LCU is solely funded by rates and charges authorized by the Board. The LCU Director’s responsibility is to manage, operate, plan, and develop all services within its six sections.

The Water Resources Section provides safe and clean drinking water and wastewater treatment services. This Section is divided into five sub-sections: Meter, Valve, and Hydrant; Water Line Maintenance; Water Production; Wastewater Collection; and Wastewater Treatment, consisting of three facilities: East Mesa Water Reclamation Facility, Jacob A. Hands Wastewater Treatment Facility, and the West Mesa Industrial Park Facility.

The Las Cruces Utilities Water Resources Section produces approximately 6.5 billion gallons of clean, safe drinking water annually. The City’s water system pumps its water from two deep aquifers; the Mesilla and Jornada Bolsons. This section maintains 30 wells, 13 storage tanks, 10 booster stations, 30 regulating valves, and more than 600 miles of underground water lines.

The Utility Operations Division of the City of Rico Rancho Department of Public Works is organized into three sections: Environmental Programs, Utility Operations, and Utility Systems.

The Environmental Program Section provides rebates for high-efficiency toilets and high-efficiency washers; manages water conservation programs; implements water restrictions and manages water waste complaints; conducts water use audits; manages domestic well program; manages backflow prevention program; and, manages Industrial Pre-treatment program.

Their Utility Operations Section is responsible for reporting and repairing leaks in City right-of-way areas, analyze water quality information, plan and design water, wastewater, or recycled water public improvements projects, maintains and oversees the water, wastewater, and reuse water contracts, and maintains Federal and State permits for the utility Facilities. This section also works with the Utility Commission which works with the public to get their input and concerns about water, wastewater, and recycled water.

The Utility Systems Section is responsible for line location of water and wastewater, as well as approval of water and wastewater service.

The New Mexico Municipal League is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing and serving New Mexico’s cities, towns and villages. Its 105 member cities comprise 100% of the State’s municipal population and approximately 68% of its total population. Its largest member has 10,000 times the population of its smallest, yet each member city casts one delegate vote in setting policy and electing officers at the Annual Conference.

Each year the League answers more than 4,000 inquiries from municipal and other government officials, academics, news media, civic and professional groups. Besides using its legal and other professional staff, the League maintains an impressive array of authoritative references, searches the Supreme Court Law Library and State, Library Federal Depository.

Working closely with the New Mexico Congressional Delegation and the National League of Cities, the League upholds municipal interests and helps to shape federal policy regarding cities. On the judicial front, the League participates in key precedent setting cases, either as a party or as friend of the court.

he San Juan Water Commission, through a Joint Powers Agreement, was created on March 5, 1986 to protect the use of future and existing water rights and water resources of its member entities. The SJWC’s member entities include the City of Aztec, City of Bloomfield, City of
Farmington, San Juan County, and San Juan County Rural Water Users Association---all of which receive their municipal and industrial water from surface water supplies.

Over 60% of New Mexico surface waters are San Juan River flows. The Colorado River Compact (1922) divided the water between the upper and lower Colorado River Basin states. Later the upper Colorado Basin states divided the upper basin share and New Mexico received 11.25% of the annual upper basin water. Today, approximately 400,000 acre-feet are beneficially applied in New Mexico out of the Juan Juan Basin from an estimated total of 670,000 acre feet available. The 110,000 acre-feet transbasin Rio Grande diversion via the San Juan/Chama Tunnel system and the New Mexico portion of the Animas La-Plata Project.

Alan Plummer Associates Inc. (APAI) was founded in 1978 with a vision to balance environmental stewardship with technical excellence, serving clients with distinction and integrity. Today, with over 120 employees and five offices, APAI continues that commitment.

Dedicated to water resources and environmental engineering, our firm balances sound engineering principles with innovative technology tailored to our clients' needs. From initial project kick-off, through stringent QC review, to a completed project, our focus stays on developing cost-effective solutions for our clients.

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512.452.5905
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512.452.5905
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