New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-416-BC
Scope and Content
The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission records contains reports, proposals, and pamphlets that pertain to water quality and related issues at the local, state, and national levels. The bulk of these reports are published by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. Some issues addressed in these documents include irrigation, effluence, population growth, soils, salinity, wildlife, phreatophytes, industry, water importation, and domestic water use. Congressional proceedings and acts pertaining to water quality are contained in the collection along with the commissions water quality standards and regulations for New Mexico. A hard-bound copy of "The Report of the Committee on Water Quality Criteria" by the U.S. Department of the Interior is provided. Other information concerning the activities of the commission and water quality in general are furnished in the collection, including hand-written notes, typed letters, newspaper clippings, memos, maps, journals, magazines and magazine articles.
Dates
- 1965-1977
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
History
The Water Quality Control Commission was created by the New Mexico State Legislature in 1967 in response to the federal Water Quality Control Act of 1965, which declared that each state must develop quality standards for its interstate waters. Composed of directors from six agencies and one public representative, the Commission was established to create standards for water quality for New Mexicos interstate waters and to develop a plan for enforcing those standards. The agencies involved in the commission include the New Mexico Department of Public Health, the State Engineer, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, the Oil Conservation Commission, the State Parks and Recreation Commission, and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.
The objective of the commission was to protect public health and enhance the quality of water while taking into consideration public needs such as agriculture, industry, recreation, and other beneficial uses. Additional activities of the commission included accepting and supervising the administration of loans and grants from the federal government, adopting regulations to prevent water pollution, and seeking injunctive relief for violation of its regulations.
The objective of the commission was to protect public health and enhance the quality of water while taking into consideration public needs such as agriculture, industry, recreation, and other beneficial uses. Additional activities of the commission included accepting and supervising the administration of loans and grants from the federal government, adopting regulations to prevent water pollution, and seeking injunctive relief for violation of its regulations.
Extent
2 boxes (1.35 cu. ft.)
Abstract
The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission records contain documents pertaining to water quality standards and regulations created by the commission. Documents relating to water quality issues at the local, state, and national levels including reports, pamphlets, congressional acts, hand-written notes, typed letters, newspaper clippings, memos, maps, journals, magazines and magazine articles are also housed in the collection.
Relevant Secondary Material
- New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission Regulations as Amended.Santa Fe, N.M., 1981.
Processing Information
In October 2017, publications were transferred out of the collection for cataloguing. Remaining materials were consolidated into 2 boxes.
- Title
- Finding aid of the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission Records, 1965-1977
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Susan Ruth
- Date
- ©2000; ©2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 416 BC::New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission Records)//EN" "nmu1mss416bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu