Gila River Dam Still on the Table
Southwest New Mexico Water Planning Group
wants to continue to study dam
June 19, 2007
Silver City, NM – At its monthly meeting today, the Southwest New Mexico Water Planning Group (SWNMWPG) discussed the idea of making a statement that the Group would remove from consideration development of a dam on the Gila River to capture 14,000 acre-feet per year of surface water under the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements Act. The group did not move forward with a resolution to that effect because it wanted to let the science decide if a dam is a good thing or not.
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