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Dossier · Who's Who
Elizabeth K. Anderson
New Mexico's State Engineer, whose office governs the MOU's brackish-groundwater commitment and whose name is on the Supreme Court challenge to the emergency authorization of construction well water.
At a glance
- Current role
- State Engineer, NM Office of the State Engineer (OSE)
- Category
- Appointed official
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 0 sources · 1 connections · 0 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP32
Key facts
- 2025-03-10Confirmed by the New Mexico Senate as State Engineer on March 10, 2025, the first woman in the post.
- The Office of the State Engineer governs the MOU's brackish-groundwater commitment; the record has not found a personal role for Anderson in the MOU negotiations.
- 2026-08-23On August 23, 2026, in Center for Biological Diversity v. Anderson, the New Mexico Supreme Court stayed the October 23, 2025 emergency authorization for construction well water.
- 2026-08-28On August 28, 2026, wrote that the construction water came from a verified, pre-existing right and "is not a new depletion of water in the Lower Rio Grande."
- 2026-09-17After the Supreme Court denied both petitions and lifted the stays on September 17, 2026, said: "We are grateful for the Supreme Court's decision."
The record
NM State Engineer (first woman; Senate-confirmed Mar 10 2025); OSE governs the MOU's brackish-groundwater commitment. Personal role in MOU negotiations not found
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