Water for the People

“Water for the People shows how acequia community organization and activism paired with traditions and culture are a powerful framework to adapt to worldwide climatic and social changes.”–Carlos G. Ochoa, associate professor of ecohydrology and watershed and riparian systems management, Oregon State University“Editors Enrique Lamadrid and José Rivera have assembled in this beautifully illustrated volume the most fascinating account to date of the remarkably durable acequia and the lessons it offers in careful water management for a hotter and drier world than we have known. We should all pay attention.”–Baker H. Morrow, author of Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes: Keyed to Cities and Regions in New Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Revised and Expanded Edition

Enrique R. Lamadrid is a distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of New Mexico. He is the editor of the Querencias Series at the University of New Mexico Press.

José A. Rivera is professor emeritus of community and regional planning at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest.