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BDD reviews Rio Grande water-quality work plan; consultant flags LANL, chromium plume and PFAS rulemaking
Summary
Consultant Jim Reisterer told the Buckman Direct Diversion board that the 2026 Rio Grande water-quality work plan prioritizes LANL coordination, a stormwater lag-time study, ongoing hexavalent chromium monitoring after SIMR3 well detections, and PFAS regulatory tracking; NMED administrative orders have paused some mitigation work and the extent of LANL cooperation remains unclear.
Consultant Jim Reisterer presented the Buckman Direct Diversion board with a three-tier Rio Grande water-quality work plan on March 5 that prioritizes near-term monitoring and coordination with the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), while tracking longer-term state and federal permitting and regulatory developments.
"The work plan is set up with three tiers," Reisterer said. He described tier 1 items as immediate tasks, including continuing implementation of a memorandum of understanding with LANL signed in December, joint work with DOE on stormwater discharge monitoring and camera configuration at key gauges, and participation in an annual review of BDD's early-notification and…
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