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Fighting for Their (Water) Rights

“The San Augustin Water Coalition is in it for the long haul. It has to be in order to protect its water rights, members say… The group was formed shortly after the water rights of people who live in sparsely populated west-central New Mexico were threatened by a New York City-based corporation operating in the area under the name of Augustin Plains Ranch LLC. The Ranch filed an application with the Office of the State Engineer in 2007 to pump 54,000-acre-feet of groundwater annually from the San Agustin Basin. That translates to 17.6 billion gallons of water per year, or about half of what the Albuquerque metropolitan area uses in a year.“ El Defensor Chieftain

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