{"id":23,"date":"2021-06-25T19:40:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-03-03T21:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:40:57","slug":"protocols-and-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/protocols-and-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Protocols and Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Monitoring, Assessment, and Standards Section of SWQB&nbsp;is charged with coordinating NMED\u2019s ongoing development cycle for&nbsp;<strong>surface<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>water quality management strategies<\/strong>&nbsp;that insure federal Clean Water Act requirements are met.&nbsp; The basic authority for water quality management in New Mexico is provided through the state\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/regulatory-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">Water Quality Act<\/a>.&nbsp; This statute establishes the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/water-quality-control-commission\/wqcc\/\" target=\"_blank\">WQCC<\/a>) and specifies its duties and powers.&nbsp;&nbsp;The WQCC delegates the responsibilities for water quality management activities involving surface waters to SWQB.&nbsp;&nbsp;SWQB is responsible for the development of most elements of the WQMP-CPP.&nbsp; The overarching goal of these planning documents is to move forward with the objectives of the federal CWA\u2019s mandate to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the New Mexico\u2019s waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key planning documents and links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/surface-water-quality\/wqmp-cpp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Water Quality Management Plan\/Continuing Planning Process (WQMP-CPP)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/surface-water-quality\/wqs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Water Quality Standards (WQS)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/03\/25-173-2025-2026_SWQBQMP_EPAapproved.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quality Management Plan (QMP)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/11\/2024_SWQB_QAPP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Surface Water Quality Bureau Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/surface-water-quality\/calm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comprehensive Assessment and Listing Methodology&nbsp;(CALM)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/surface-water-quality\/sop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/surface-water-quality\/hp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hydrology Protocol<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/10\/10-yearmonitoringplan_FINAL_June2016.pdf\">10-Year Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/surface-water-quality\/qaqc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Information on Quality Assurance\/Quality Control (QA\/QC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monitoring, Assessment, and Standards Section of SWQB&nbsp;is charged with coordinating NMED\u2019s ongoing development cycle for&nbsp;surface&nbsp;water quality management strategies&nbsp;that insure federal Clean Water Act requirements are met.&nbsp; The basic authority for water quality management in New Mexico is provided through the state\u2019s&nbsp;Water Quality Act.&nbsp; This statute establishes the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}