Grill of the city
Matthew Thompson
Senior Vice President, Las Cruces Branch Manager
Bohannon Huston
While transportation, residential and light commercial projects remain strong in Las Cruces, Thompson says the area “will also soon begin to see significant investment in how we manage and protect our water future here in southern New Mexico , and Las Cruces will be at the center of those.”
To that end, with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s (D) efforts to establish the state’s 50-year Water Action Plan, “We’re going to see the elements of that plan take shape here in the Valley of the Rio Grande,” says Thompson. “There will be a high priority on how we implement stronger conservation measures, enforce stormwater retention targets, implement wastewater reuse and develop new groundwater sources that have been overlooked in the past.” Infrastructure investments will continue with “one clear goal: to actively manage our surface water resources and groundwater aquifers in a more sustainable manner so that future generations of New Mexicans will benefit.”
“We certainly don’t want to look back and regret acting on our goals when we had the chance,” he adds. “The opportunity is now and we must act.”
