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City of Rio Rancho Buys Water Rights to Meet Permit Obligations

City of Rio Rancho Buys Water Rights to Meet Permit Obligations

Originally published in Journal of Water, Winter 2019

Marta L. Casper
Sep 16, 2019
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In August 2018, the city council for the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico approved the purchase of 74.592 AF of pre-1907 Middle Rio Grande surface water rights from a private party. The city is paying $15,000/AF.

To offset its depletions caused by groundwater pumping, the City of Rio Rancho has an obligation under one of its water right permits to purchase…

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