| Dear friends, neighbors, and associates who care about our water,TL; DR: * If you want to formally protest NIAGARA’S request to pump 163 MILLION gallons of water every year from the Rio Grande Basin aquifer, please join VWW as a member / protester today. * The filing deadline for protests is September 5th and the VWW organization will file our formal protest before that. * We invite you to be part of this huge community action to STOP NIAGARA. * Click here to join our protest → VWW Protest of Niagara’s Request.THE DETAILS: Background: As you probably know, Valencia Water Watchers is a group of concerned county residents who have been opposing the expansion of Niagara Bottling Company in Los Lunas since January, 2020. In May, 2025, Niagara applied to the NM Office of the State Engineer (the OSE) for a water-rights transfer, so they can pump 500 acre-feet/year (that’s 163 million gallons per year) from the Rio Grande Basin aquifer, using Village of Los Lunas wells. Now: The members of Valencia Water Watchers are now preparing a formal, legal protest of Niagara’s request for a water-rights transfer. We invite you to join the VWW organization so together we can protest Niagara’s application to take 500 acre-feet/year from the Rio Grande Basin. Join us, please! We have put together a simple form that you can fill out to become a member of VWW and join our formal protest. NOTE: There is no cost to be a member of VWW. The names of members will not be included in the VWW protest letter. (VWW members’ names will be on a membership list provided during the OSE hearing process, but that will not happen for a long time.) To open the membership/protest form, click this link → VWW Protest of Niagara’s Request for 500 AF/Y of Our Water. Be sure to click [SUBMIT] at the end of the form. The deadline to submit this membership/protest form to VWW is August 29, 2025 (end of day). That deadline gives us time to have you on record as a VWW member before we file the formal protest with the Office of the State Engineer on behalf of the VWW organization. ________________________________ Thank you! We really appreciate you joining VWW as we take this very important step to stop Niagara from taking over 163 million gallons of water every year from the aquifer that sustains us all. Thank you for standing up with us to protect the aquifer! — Valencia Water Watchers |
Rides to the Polls
The Democratic Party of Valencia County wants to ensure that folks can get to the polls. Because there is so much uncertainty about mail-in ballots this year, we are encouraging folks to vote early and vote in-person. We know that can be difficult for people to do and we want to help ensure that anyone that wants to vote can do so.
