NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is now nearly a year into a major, 50-year plan to address the state's water challenges. KRQE News 13 took a look at what leaders are doing to meet that plan on Wednesday.

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A dry Rio Grande through the metro is just one reminder of the continued strain on water in New Mexico. Since January, the state has earmarked nearly $400 million for various water projects. "The punch line that you've heard before is we may be facing on the order of 25 percent less water in the future," said Tanya Trujillo, Deputy State Engineer, OSE.

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