New Mexico Acequia Association

Acequia leaders at the Capitol on Acequia Day 2020 – Photo by Emily Arasim

Welcome to our New Mexico Acequia Association homepage for the 2023 Legislative Session. Below, please find some key links and information to help you successfully navigate the session as you participate in and support work to advocate for our acequia communities, precious waters, and future generations.

Bill Tracker

• Click here to view the NMAA ‘My Roundhouse’ Bill tracker for the latest information on the status and upcoming hearings of key acequia bills

Key Resources

• 2023 NMAA Legislative Priorities
• 2023 Acequia Program Descriptions & Recommendations One-Pager
• 2023 Legislative Priorities Slide Deck
• 2022 Congreso de las Acequias Declaration: Tierra Querida, Beloved Land
• NMAA Declaration of Core Values
• Video Recording – Civic Engagement Training by NM Food & Agriculture Policy Council

Legislative Alerts & Call’s To Action

*Updates and calls for support will be posted here as they are released – click to ‘join our newsletter’ if you’d like to receive notifications directly to your email inbox*

HB 121 “Water Use Lease Effective Dates” 

• HB121 Action Network Campaign – Write to your Legislators
• HB 121 Background and Talking Points

SB 176 “Acequia Fund for Disaster Response” & SB 239 “Acequia Bureau at the Interstate Stream Commission”

• SB 176 Background and Talking Points
• SB 239 Background and Talking Points
• SB 176 & SB 239 Action Network Campaign – Write to your Legislators

SB 272  “Acequia and Community Ditch Education Program Appropriation Bill”

• SB 272 Talking Points
• SB 272 Action Network Campaign – Write to your Legislators

Acequia Advocacy In The News

• AP News – Wildfire damage prompts calls for funding water system
• Source NM – $5 million proposal could help acequias recover from disasters in the past and future