Table of Contents

Foreword John Dantonio 1. Introduction Part 1: Setting the Context for Water Management in New Mexico 2. Modeling: A Basis for Linking Policy to Adaptive Water Management 3. Water Resources in New Mexico 4. Climate and Drought in New Mexico Part 2: The Historical, Legal, and Institutional Setting of Water Policy in New Mexico 5. The Tangled History of New Mexico Water Law 6. The Historical Role of Acequias and Agriculture in New Mexico 7. Water Rights in New Mexico 8. It's Not Just Our Water: Shared Governance for New Mexico's Water Part 3: The Economics of Water Management in New Mexico 9. Water Markets in New Mexico 10. The Pricing and Conservation of Water in Urban Areas Part 4: Contemporary Challenges in Water Management 11. Domestic Wells in New Mexico 12. Impacts of Endangered Species Protection on Water Management, Allocation, and Use in New Mexico: Lessons Learned and Uncertainties about the Future 13. Science and Management Needs Related to the Sustainability of Riparian Ecosystems Part 5: Conclusion 14. Issues for the Future

About the Author

David S. Brookshire (Ph.D., U New Mexico) is professor of economics at the University of New Mexico and Director of the 'Science Impact Laboratory for Policy and Economics'. He served on the Executive Board of the Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrologic and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) Science and Technology Center at the University of Arizona. He has been a contributor to the development nonmarket valuation methods and the design of experimental markets for resource allocation. Hoshin V. Gupta (Ph.D., systems engineering) is professor of systems analysis in the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona, fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and editor of Water Resources Research. His book publications include Quantification and Reduction of Predictive Uncertainty for Sustainable Water Resources Management. Olen Paul Matthews (Ph.D., geography, University of Washington; J.D., law, University of Idaho) is professor of geography at the University of New Mexico. His research has focused on transboundary natural resource conflicts.