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  • Opinion: Saving our water isn't something that can wait

    Ladona Clayton, Guest columnist|Updated Sep 7, 2024

    Our state is facing a water crisis, and we need our elected officials to act quickly to help solve it. As the executive director of the Ogallala Land & Water Conservancy, I see every day how important water is, especially in eastern New Mexico, which is home to the largest amount of agriculture statewide. Here, we are ground zero for water challenges, but also for local solutions being carried out by community partnerships, collective action and collaboration. We know all too well the dangers of letting our sole finite...

  • Opinion: Water portfolio is the answer

    Ladona Clayton, Guest columnist|Updated Aug 5, 2023

    I am responding on behalf of the Ogallala Land & Water Conservancy (“Conservancy”) to the recent letters to the editor regarding the Ute Pipeline Project. It is imperative to pursue every viable source of water for the future of this community. The city of Clovis Master Water Assurance Plan (2017) created a Water Portfolio through an “all of the above” approach to water security. Four out of five action plans focus on key water sources: effluent reuse water, groundwater, surface water, and recharge water. The fifth plan wa...