Water Plan/Budget Model

The Estancia Basin Regional Water Plan

Given the concerns and recommendations of Basin residents, the EPWPC compiled and reviewed known data on water resources in the Basin and developed future economic, population and water use projections (Phase I Report); evaluated and summarized the data; developed conclusions, goals and alternatives; applied the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Criteria from the NMISSC Regional Planners Handbook and Template to analyze five basic scenarios; developed the Water Plan; presented the Water Plan for public scrutiny and comment; finalized the Water Plan and presented it to the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.

November 2016 Regional Water Plan (12MB)

2010 Regional Water Plan Update (Complete 6.64 MB)

  • Executive Summary (234 KB)
  • Sections 1-5 (1.42 MB)
    • INTRODUCTION
    • EBWPC HISTORY AND CONTINUITY, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND POLICY IMPACT
    • STRATEGY CHOSEN TO MAXIMIZE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
    • BACKGROUND INFORMATION
    • LEGAL ISSUES
  • Section 6 (2.43 MB)
    • WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT FOR THE ESTANCIA BASIN
  • Sections 7-10 (1.37 MB)
    • WATER DEMAND
    • WATER PLAN ALTERNATIVES AND CURRENT STATUS
    • EVALUATIONS
    • REFERENCES
  • Appendices (1.83 MB)

Original 1999 Water Plan

  • Executive Summary
  • Part 1 (300 KB PDF)
  • Part 2A (8.2 MB PDF)
  • Part 2B (4.4 MB PDF)

Estancia Basin Dynamic Water Budget Model

The Estancia Basin Dynamic Water Budget is a water balance simulation model for the Estancia Basin. It was built to provide an interactive tool for water planners to test policy options and water planning concepts for this basin. This model is based on the concept of system dynamics.

The Estancia Basin Dynamic Water Budget Report, Sandia Report SAND2004-1796, describes the model.

Download the Estancia Basin Dynamic Water Budget Model. This file is an 8 megabite zipped file. After downloading and unzipping the file, read the Readme.doc for instructions on installing the model.