Wet Water vs. Paper Water
Posted on | September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment
Staci Matlock at the Santa Fe New Mexican wrote a good primer over the weekend about the difference between water rights and actual water here in New Mexico:
Real water: That’s wet water, the stuff one needs for drinking, washing clothes, growing food, building houses and cooling power plants.
Paper water: The piece of paper that says how much real water someone has the legal right to use.
The problem: New Mexico has more paper water than real water.
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September 18th, 2007 @ 7:06 am
[...] Via John Fleck is this Santa Fe New Mexican article that puts some great perspective on the state’s peak water woes: New Mexico’s water math isn’t adding up. Real water plus paper water are supposed to equal water supply, but it doesn’t, especially during drought. [...]