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Utilities director reports 2024 water accounting, highlights storage, reuse and PoeWaque regional system plans
Summary
Deputy utilities director Travis Soderquist briefed the board on the county’s 2024 water deliveries, rights portfolio, capacity at Buckman Direct Diversion and future projects including the Poíwaque (Poway) Basin regional water interconnect and wastewater reuse options.
Deputy Utilities Director Travis Soderquist told the Board on Jan. 28 that Santa Fe County’s water supply program showed available capacity in 2024 but that planning is under way to address future demand and climate risks. The presentation summarized physical diversions, legal water rights, treated capacity at the Buckman Direct Diversion (BDD), and planned projects through 2040.
Soderquist said the county’s average deliveries in 2024 were roughly 1,365 acre‑feet potable and 272 acre‑feet nonpotable (1,637 acre‑feet total county‑right deliveries). He explained the county’s mix of native flow rights at the Rio Grande and San Juan–Chama Project storage rights that can carry…
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