Mapping the Water The Office of the State Engineer

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Mapping the Water The Office of the State
Engineer

• Wheres the Water?
• Presented By
• New Mexico State Engineer
• John DAntonio
• WIMS Conference
• 9/14/06

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STATE ENGINEER Mission

• Administer New Mexicos water resources
• Oversee the measurement, appropriation and
  distribution of surface and ground water
• Three basic objectives
• Management
• Measurement
• Markets

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STATE ENGINEER Agency

• Over 300 staff
• Office located in
• Santa Fe Headquarters
• Albuquerque District 1
• Roswell District II
• Deming District III
• Las Cruces District IV
• Aztec District V

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WATER Valued Resource

• New Mexico is an arid environment
• Unpredictable resource
• Experiencing a drought for the last 7 to 8 years

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WATER Over Appropriated

• More Paper Water Than Wet Water
• Primary uses include
• Agriculture 75
• Evaporation 12
• Public Supplies 8
• Mining, Power, Households 5
• Drought conditions were predicted for this past
  summer

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WATER Variable Resource
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WATER Pressures

• Industrial
• Farming and Ranching
• Municipal
• Residential
• Recreation
• Other States
• Endangered Species
• Population Growth
• 85 by 2050

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WATER Planning Solutions

• State Water Plan completed in December 2003
• Update to be completed by 2008
• Integrated Regional Water Plans
• Framework for Public Input
• Conservation Measures
• 10 efficiency savings in Agriculture
• Population can double
• Education

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WATER Goals

• Implement AWRM in Seven Basins
• Continue to update State Water Plan
• Complete and Update Regional Water Plans
• Accelerate Adjudications
• Identify owners and diversion amounts
• Today only 20 adjudicated
• Actively Improve Watersheds
• Support Water Banking

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WATER Goals

• Drought Planning
• Pursue New Water Sources
• Establish Conservation Measures
• Implement a Public Involvement Program
• Adopt Modern Technologies
• Geographic Information Technology

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Water Right Defined

• The Water Right File
• Owner
• Priority Date
• Diversion Amount
• Point of Diversion (POD)
• Place of Use (POU)
• Purpose of Use

• Conversion Tasks
• Abstract
• Image
• Map

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Water Right Abstracting

• Defined Organizing a Water Right File
• Transaction A change in a Water Right
• Process Sort, Compare, Evaluate, Input, Check
• Requirements Water Right Expert
• Job Over 185,000 Water Right Files
• Over 475,000 Transactions

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Water Right Imaging

• Defined Scanning Water Right File
• Process Sort, Compare, Barcode Index, Scan,
  Check
• Requirements Imaging Unit
• Job Approximately 3 million pages

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Water Right Mapping

• Defined Digitizing POD, POU, and Ditches
• Process Scan, Correct, Capture, Link, Check
• Requirements Geographic Information Technology
• Job Over 385,000 Polygons (POU)
• Over 195,000 Points (POD)

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Water Right Integration Strategy
WATERS
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WATERS Construction
Java Scripts - 20
4GL Lines of Code 200,000
4GL Forms - 119
SQL Reports - 78
Ace Reports - 56
WATERS Water Administration Technical
Engineering Resource System
Menu Screens - 19
Views - 41
K Shell Scripts - 40
VB DDE Module
4GL Modules - 266
C Program
Tables - 91
4GL Reports - 40
Form Letters - 75
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WATERS Enterprise Concept
Internet Map Service
e-WATERS
Full Mini
Web Construction
Water Administration
ABSTRACTING
Reengineering
WRATS
WATERS Water Administration Technical
Engineering Resource System
Adjudication
Decision Support
WEB
WEB
Models
IMAGING
Index
WEB
WEB
Hydrographic Survey
MAPPING
Subdivision Review
Meters
Design Data Conversion Pilot Implementation
WRATS/WATERS Interface
Remote Reporting
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Transactional
Analytical
External Maps
Water Right Administration
Water Right Mapping
WATERS Architecture
Water Right Adjudication
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Transactional HP UX Informix 9.3
Analytical HP UX L2000 ArcSDE/Informix
External Maps
WR Administration
WR Map
WATERS Functions
Legal Services MS-SQL
WR Adjudication
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WATERS State Implementation
33 Basins
Water Right Files 185,000 Transactions
475,000

• Data Conversion Effort
• Domestics
• Fort Sumner
• Roswell Artesian
• Hondo
• Penasco
• Carlsbad
• San Juan
• Rio Grande

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Active Water Resource Management

• Seven Priority Basins
• Implementation Program with Field Elements
• Measuring, Monitoring and Metering
• Brings Real Time Data to WATERS

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WATERS Web Access Abstract Image - Map
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WATERS Public Access
E-GIS
Internet
Public Request
GIS Map Service
OSE Web Service
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WATERS Decision Tree
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WATERS Decision Support
WATERS Owner - Water Use Well Logs - Purpose of
Use Place of Use - Priority Date Diversion Amount
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WATERS State Perspective
Tax and Revenue
State Engineer
Local Government
Highway
Environment
Forestry
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WATERS State Participation
Roads
Topo
Boundaries
State Appropriation
Parcels
Clearinghouse QAQC/Conversion
Federal
Apportioned to Counties
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Enterprise GIS Office of the State Engineer