Managing deliveries in the river basins in New Mexico is a critical function for the Interstate Stream Commission. Staff analyze, review, and implement projects in New Mexico and analyze stream flow, reservoir levels, and other data on stream systems.

The 1944 Water Treaty requires that the International Boundary Water Commission (IBWC) keep a record of the Rio Grande waters belonging to each country. This site contains daily Rio Grande flow conditions and reservoir reports.

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Interactive maps from the National Integrated Drought Information System. Drought is one of many factors that can affect the intensity and severity of a fire. Dry, hot, and windy weather combined with dried out (and more flammable) vegetation can increase the potential for large-scale wildfires. Use the interactive map below to explore wildfire, smoke, and air quality data alongside drought and climate conditions. Drought can have significant impacts on water utility operation, including loss of water supply, poor source water quality, increased costs, and reduced revenues. Use the interactive map below to explore water supply data (streamflow, river forecasts, snow water equivalent) alongside drought and climate conditions. Drought can have significant direct and indirect economic impacts on the agricultural sector, reducing the water availability and water quality necessary for productive farms, ranches, and grazing lands. Use the interactive map below to explore agricultural commodities data alongside drought and climate conditions.

In 2005, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources initiated a hydrogeology study in the southern Sacramento Mountains with funding from legislative appropriations through the Otero Soil and Water Conservation district. The project was initiated and research funding was continued because of concerns about future water resources for local communities in the southern Sacramento Mountains. Over the past decade, water managers and residents have observed decreasing spring discharge and streamflow in the area, and significant declines of water-levels in wells. Land and resource managers have expressed interest in the potential to increase water availability by thinning woodlands in the mountain watersheds. The focus of this investigation has been to characterize the hydrogeologic framework of the southern Sacramento Mountains and surrounding areas. The results of this study also provide a foundation to assess the impact of tree thinning on groundwater-levels, spring discharge and streamflow in an ongoing study of a small mountain watershed.

Reservoir data comes from the USBR. This data is retrieved daily and stored in the San Juan Flows database. All data on this site should be considered provisional unless otherwise noted. During the irrigation season, real-time diversion data for the Hogback and Fruitland diversions are uploaded via satellite every hour and made available to us by by the USGS. We automatically retrieve the data every hour. Equipment used in collection and telemetry of diversion data are maintained by the Navajo Nation.

Map of Snow Water Artificial Neural Network (SWANN) snow water equivalents for the nation. SnowView is a satellite data and model driven decision support tool for monitoring snowpack, precipitation, and streamflow.

This Rio Grande and Pecos River Water Operations Dashboard was created using the Microsoft Power BI application and is currently available to the public. This dashboard was created to provide real time data of the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers and reservoirs for water operation managers to assist in monitoring and making decisions. Data includes 15-minute water flow data and reservoir elevation and storage data from the U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Department of Water Resources, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The water operations dashboard is in an easy to navigate format that allows the user to clearly view current river and reservoir data at a single website to help make operations, management, and planning decisions.

USGS Real Time Water Data for New Mexico includes streamflow, groundwater, lake and reservoir, precipitation, and water quality data. Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used.

WRRI's Statewide Water Assessment is an effort that will complement existing state agency water resource assessments. It will provide new, dynamic (updated frequently), spatially representative assessments of water budgets for the entire state of New Mexico. Projects included in the Statewide Water Assessment bring new technologies that expand existing studies and are applicable statewide. Of particular interest are water budget components for which state agencies require improved information, such as evapotranspiration (ET), crop consumptive use, groundwater recharge, and streamflow.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) stream-gauging program provides streamflow data for a variety of purposes that range from current needs, such as flood forecasting, to future or long-term needs, such as detection of changes in streamflow due to human activities or global warming. Data from realtime streamflow gages are relayed to the West Virginia District's office through the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data-collection system. Data are transmitted from each station at intervals of 4 hours and are loaded into the West Virginia District's National Water Information System (NWIS). GIS coverage created data downloaded from the USGS Water Resources web site in December 2000.