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Corrales resident water‑rights attorney urges council to seek older water rights, not 1956 groundwater purchases
Summary
During public comment, water‑rights attorney Tessa Davidson said the village's plan to buy groundwater rights with a 1956 priority date is legally risky and urged the village to pursue pre‑1939 allocations, citing Middle Rio Grande Compact and MRGCD 1930 surface‑water priorities.
During the public comment period, water‑rights attorney and Corrales resident Tessa Davidson urged the village to abandon a proposal to purchase groundwater rights dated 1956 and instead pursue older senior rights to better protect surface‑water supplies and the village’s compact obligations.
Davidson said the mayor's circulating message misstated priority relationships by implying that 1956…
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