
One Hundred Years of Water Wars in New Mexico, 1912-2012
A New Mexico Centennial History Series Book
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One Hundred Years of Water Wars in New Mexico, 1912-2012
A New Mexico Centennial History Series Book
About this book
Water is the lifeblood of human existence. New Mexico's history provides a fascinating microcosm of the role water plays in the growth and development of a community. This book details many of the complex and messy fights, legal and otherwise, over precious water in a semiarid western state. Focusing on the past one hundred years constituting New Mexico's statehood, contributors describe the often convoluted and always intriguing stories that have shaped New Mexico's water past and that will, without doubt, influence its future history. Many of New Mexico's "movers and shakers" in the water community have contributed their water war stories to the book. From acclaimed water lawyers to historians to novelists to academicians, their stories reflect the broad legal, historic, traditional, religious, and community values of New Mexico's water culture. The celebration of New Mexico's centennial is made more complete with the telling of these exciting and colorful narratives of how water has and will shape our future.
Contributors to this volume include John W. Hernandez, Jerald A. Valentine, Richard Simms, Em Hall, Jay F. Stein, James C. Brockmann, Eluid L. Martinez, Charles T. DuMars, John W. Utton, Sylvia Rodriguez, Calvin Chavez, Linda G. Harris, M. Karl Wood, Michael L. Connor, and John Nichols, author of "The Milagro Beanfield War."
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Water Wars During Our Territorial Years by John W. Hernandez
- 2 Adjudications: Managing Water Wars in New Mexico by Jerald A. Valentine
- 3 Ready to Fight: Steve ReynoldsâInstitution, Engineer, Litigator by John W. Hernandez
- 4 United States v. New Mexico by Richard Simms
- 5 âA Dog of a Lawsuitâ: Texas v. New Mexico by Em Hall
- 6 Albuquerque v. Reynolds: Conjunctive Use and Municipal Water Supply by Jay F. Stein
- 7 Las Vegas, New Mexico: The Rise and Fall of the Pueblo Water Rights Doctrine by James C. Brockmann and Eluid L. Martinez
- 8 The Middle Rio Grande Minnow Wars by Charles T. DuMars
- 9 Struggle Over Pueblo Water Rights: The Aamodt Case by John W. Utton, and Aamodt, Schmaamodt: Who Really Gets the Water? by John Nichols
- Aamodt, Schmaamodt: Who Really Gets the Water?
- 10 The Writing and Filming of The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
- 11 For the Sake of Peace in the Valley: The Negotiated Settlement in the Taos Water Rights Adjudication by Sylvia RodrĂguez
- 12 Water Transfers and the Weight of Public Welfare Considerations by Calvin Chavez
- 13 Conflicts in the Division of New Mexicoâs Share of the Colorado River by John W. Hernandez
- 14 Whose Water Is It, Anyway? Anatomy of the Water War Between El Paso, Texas and New Mexico by Linda G. Harris
- 15 The Mother of All Water Rights Adjudications? by Kay Matthews
- 16 Future Water Wars in New Mexico by M. Karl Wood
- Epilogue
- Contributors