51st Annual Water Conference Proceedings

CONTENTS:

Table of Contents
Director's Statement
Water Conference Advisory Committee
Conference Program
A Brief History of the Development of New Mexico's Water Quality Standards and Steve Reynold's Role in That Development -- John Hernandez, WRRI/NMSU
The Current New Mexico Water Quality Standards and Major Issues Facing New Mexico's Water Quality Control Commission -- Howard Hutchinson, Water Quality Control Commission
New Drinking Water Regulations -- Dzung Kim Ngo Kidd, USEPA Region 6 Drinking Water Section
Coordination of Water Quality and Water Quantity Issues in New Mexico, Perspective of John D'Antonio, State Engineer -- John D'Antonio, Office of the State Engineer
Coordination of Water Quality and Water Quantity Issues in New Mexico, Perspective of the Environment Department -- Cindy Padilla, New Mexico Environment Department
New Mexico Environment Department's Surface Water Quality Goals -- Marcy Leavitt, Surface Water Quality Bureau
Albuquerque's Drinking Water Project -- John Stomp, Water Resources Division, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
Regulatory Challenges Faced by New Mexico's Small Communities -- Matt Holmes, New Mexico Rural Water Association
Water Quality Challenges of the Irrigated Agriculture Community on the Lower Rio Grande -- Gary Esslinger, Elephant Butte Irrigation District
Isleta Pueblo's Perspective on NPDES Permitting and Storm Water Runoff -- Jim Piatt, Isleta Pueblo
Industry and Water Quality (Panel Discussion)
   moderated by Rodger Ferreira, US Geological Survey-Albuquerque District
   Electric Power -- Marc Christensen, Public Service Company of New Mexico
   Oil and Natural Gas -- Frank W. Yates, Jr., Yates Petroleum Corporation
   Mining -- Tom L. Shelly -- Phelps Dodge
   Produced Water -- David Brooks, Oil Conservation Division, EMNRD
NRCS Water Quality Program -- Linda Scheffe, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Groundwater Contamination by Septic Tank Effluents -- Dennis McQuillan, Liquid Waste Program, NM Environment Department
New Mexico's 319 Program: An Overview and Success Story: the Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Inc -- David Hogge, NMED and Michael Bain, Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Inc.
New Mexico Environment Department's Pursuit of a State NPDES Permitting Program -- Marcy Leavitt, New Mexico Environment Department
Natural Sources of Saline Water in the Rio Grande -- Fred Phillips, NM Tech
Water Quality Issues on the Navajo Nation -- Arvin Trujillo, Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources
Albert E. Utton Memorial Water Lecture, The 1907 Water Code at 100 Years Old -- G. Emlen Hall, UNM School of Law

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