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BDD hears preliminary 2026 water outlook; staff outlines storage, regional coordination
Summary
City water staff told the Buckman Direct Diversion Board that early 2026 hydrology is tracking close to 2025, emphasized reservoir storage and conjunctive management, and described planning tools to guide drought declarations and demand‑management steps.
The Buckman Direct Diversion Board received a preliminary briefing on local water supplies and planning for 2026 on a presentation from Joel Schneider of the City of Santa Fe Water Division.
Schneider said early 2026 hydrologic indicators are tracking similarly to 2025 and stressed the importance of storage and coordinated use of city and county supplies. "There’s an incredible amount of uncertainty right now," Schneider said, noting that the city currently maintains "a little more than 10,000 acre‑feet" of storage across three reservoirs upstream of the Buckman diversion and that the county…
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