The Monitoring, Assessment and Standards Section is responsible for the continual collection, integration, and assessment of water quality data for all lakes, streams, and rivers in the State of New Mexico in addition to the preparation of water quality standards, the 303(d)/305(b) Integrated Report, and TMDL documents.

The Point Source Regulation Section  is responsible for the protection of surface water quality through implementation of Ground and Surface Water Protection Regulations dealing with point source discharges, NPDES permitting, and spill reporting.

The Watershed Protection Section administers the Nonpoint Source Program, the Wetlands Program, and the River Stewardship Program.

• NMED comments to US Army Corps of Engineers regarding proposed 2020 Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permits submitted by NMED on November 16, 2020
• NMED Comments to EPA regarding proposed updates to water quality certification regulations under the Clean Water Act Section 401. Submitted by NMED on 10-21-2019
• NMED WOTUS Comments regarding the Agencies (EPA, Army Corps) proposed revision to the definition of waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act.  Submitted by NMED on 4-15-2019.

• Public Comment Draft-Comprehensive Assessment and Listing Methodologies (June-July 2021 public comment period)
• Final Draft Bluewater Lake TMDL
  Final Draft Jemez River Watershed TMDL
• 2021-2022 Field Sampling Plans
  – Lower Pecos River and Southern High Plains watershed
  – Jemez River watershed
  – Rio Puerco, Rio San Jose, and Little Colorado River watersheds
  
• Final EPA report– Calibration of biological condition gradient models for fish and macroinvertebrates in sandy-bottom rivers in the Southwestern U.S. 

• MS4 Designation for Los Alamos
• Region 6 Stormwater Conference,postponed to 2021, in New Orleans LA
• Region 6 Pretreatment Workshop, postponed to 2021,Denton TX
• USEPA NetDMR Support quarterly training schedule
• Do you have a water quality project that needs funding? Apply at Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
• EPA has announced their newest NPDES National Compliance Initiative, Increasing Attention to Significant Non-Compliance Dischargers. You can explore EPA’s expectations to attain improved surface water quality in their memo, here: EPA’s Compliance Advisory and SNC NCI Compliance Advisory September 2020.

• Spring 2021 Clearing the Waters newsletter
• 2020 Nonpoint Source Annual Report 
• Water Quality Funding sources
• Technical Guides for wetlands restoration