ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY
WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY
BILL NO. R-24-8
RESOLUTION
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Authorizing the Executive Director to Enter into an Agreement with the Club Las Campanas to Suballot Storage Space in Abiquiu Reservoir
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WHEREAS, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Army to enter into agreements with entities for storage of 200,000 acre-feet of San Juan-Chama water in Abiquiu Reservoir in Public Law 97-140; and
WHEREAS, P.L. 97-140 specified that the storage of San Juan-Chama water in Abiquiu Reservoir shall not interfere with the authorized purposes of the project and shall include a requirement that each user of storage space shall pay any increase in operation and maintenance costs attributable to the storage of that user’s water; and
WHEREAS, in P.L. 116-260 Congress amended P.L. 97-140 and P.L. 100-522 to allow concurrent storage of San Juan-Chama and native Rio Grande system water in Abiquiu Reservoir up to elevation 6230.00 NGVD29; and
WHEREAS, P.L. 116-260 required that each user of storage space, regardless of source of water, pay for any increase in costs attributable to storage of that user’s water; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to NMSA 1978 § 72-1-10, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (Water Authority) is the legal successor to the interest and rights of the City of Albuquerque for storage space in Abiquiu Reservoir under Contract No. DACW47-86-C-0009 dated March 20, 1986 with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and has the ability to allow other parties to use its storage space subject to approval from the Corps; and; and
WHEREAS, the Water Authority has acquired easements and fee simple property up to elevation 6230.00 NGVD29 in Abiquiu Reservoir.
WHEREAS, Club Las Campanas may desire storage space from the Water Authority.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE WATER AUTHORITY:
The Executive Director is authorized to sign an agreement whereby the Water Authority will suballot up to 2,000 acre-feet of storage space in Abiquiu reservoir to Club Las Campanas.