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Water Policy Advisory Committee presents second quarter update on well monitoring, stormwater and outreach work
Summary
The Water Policy Advisory Committee presented a second quarter 2025 update summarizing technical work on groundwater monitoring, La Cienega watershed planning, stormwater master planning, and GIS coordination with state agencies.
The Water Policy Advisory Committee delivered its second quarterly report for 2025 to the Board on July 29, summarizing ongoing technical and outreach activities across drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and watershed health.
WPAC working groups reviewed two community applications for bulk water service and documented internal procedures for how community water systems may request county service. The drinking and wastewater group reviewed a preliminary engineering and water‑planning report for La Cienega/La Cieneguilla, and staff described a pilot county well‑monitoring program with plans for a phase‑2 work plan that will be discussed with county staff in August.
Stormwater staff briefed the committee on development of a county stormwater master plan and a green stormwater infrastructure maintenance training guide. WPAC outreach leaders reported initiating data and GIS coordination with the New Mexico Environment Department and the Office of the State Engineer to update septic‑tank and well mapping and to extract shapes for arroyos and water courses; New Mexico Tech withdrawal datasets were also reviewed and shared with WPAC.
The committee has also met with the Santa Fe Watershed Association to explore curriculum and joint education initiatives. WPAC signaled that the county water summit will be a central venue for public engagement and for clarifying technical questions such as return‑flow credit treatments; the memo included a note that paragraph 8 of an amended Water Resources Agreement between the City and County suggests the county currently has no automatic right to the city’s wastewater return‑flow credit but that the county is engaged in parallel efforts to ensure access to reclaimed water and to strengthen the county’s own wastewater reclamation capacity.
The presentation was informational; staff identified October 2025 and January 2026 as the next reporting milestones. No board action was required.
