NM Water Data Initiative

Climate

Data describing long-term weather conditions such as precipitation, drought conditions, or evaporation data.

Ecosystems & Wildlife

Water data within the scope of ecosystems and wildlife, such as aquatic life, watershed health, or land use.

Energy

Data related to energy development, such as produced water, mining, water reuse, or hydroelectric power, for example.

Infrastructure

Data that helps to manage or describe various water management structures, such as dams and reservoirs, flood control structures, acequias and ditches, or pipelines.

Natural hazards

Data related to hazards like drought, flood, storm water and public health factors.

Water planning

Essential data related to developing regional, county, or state water plans.

Water Quality

Data related to the chemical or biological condition of the water, such as chemistry measurements, field parameters or ecological data.

Water Quantity

Data describing how much water is available, such as measurements of groundwater levels, reservoir levels, aquifer properties, or stream flow.

Water Use

Data related to water uses for various purposes, such as agriculture, municipal, or industrial purposes.

Water Quantity

Public Water Supply areas

The Public Water Suppliers (PWS) geospatial shapefiles are a dataset of non-transient PWS locations, their associated service areas, and the locations of their supply sources. This is a geospatial coverage of the approximate boundaries of public water systems in New Mexico.

15 Aug 2022

Water Quantity

Water Use Report 2015

New Mexico Water Use by Categories, developed in 2015 by the Office of the State Engineer. These data represent estimates of water used in various sectors in New Mexico, provided here in several formats.

15 Dec 2021

Water Quantity

Collaborative Groundwater Monitoring Network

The Collaborative Groundwater Monitoring Network is a statewide well measurement network, with wells measured in a variety of ways (i.e. pressure, acoustic, and manual measurements), as well as compiling data from various regional networks. This is an API link to these well locations and associated data.

27 Jul 2022

This report highlights the need to prioritize water, increase access to high-quality water data, assessment of current water supply & demand and water resource risk, the role of climate change and more.

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