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April 30, 2021
Stream commission defunds, drops out of Gila diversion group Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 30, 2021
Without discussion, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commissioners today voted to defund the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, the group that had been tasked with planning and constructing the failed Gila River diversion project known on paper as the “New Mexico Unit.”
The ISC, which serves as the Entity’s primary fiscal agent, also signaled that it will withdraw its membership in the diversion group.
The N.M. CAP Entity typically requests ISC approval of its operating budget every May. However, a new state law set to take effect in June prohibits further spending on a New Mexico Unit diversion, and additionally removes the Entity from its advisory role over how $80 million in southwest New Mexico water project funding will be spent.