Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (SSCAFCA)

Using fillable flow on the Riparia Ponds Project due to narrow spacing between pipes. #sscafca #projectupdate #ripariaponds #riorancho

On February 27th, The New Mexico State Senate and the New Mexico State House of Representatives extended their Recognition and Acknowledgement to SSCAFCA for its thirty-fifth anniversary.?This recognition and acknowledgement was introduced and brought forth by Senator Jay Block Lt Col, USAF (Retired) (District 12) and Representative Alan Martinez (District 23). It was during the 39th Legislative (2nd session) convened in Santa Fe in January of 1990 that Senator Dennis C. Chavez introduced SB-19, which provided the legislation to create SSCAFCA and Representative Pauline Eisenstadt introduced a companion bill (HB402) which provided the initial operating funds for SSCAFCA. For the last 35 years, SSCAFCA has been defined by visionary and innovative leadership, dedicated staff, and a steadfast commitment to the communities we serve (Town Of Bernalillo, Village of Corrales, City of Rio Rancho and Sandoval County Government). On hand to accept this certificate for SSCAFCA were Board Treasurer Ron Abramshe, Executive Engineer, Dave Gatterman, and Design Services Director, Andrés Sanchez. Pictured below are Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales, Honorary Lieutenant Governor Cameron Villanueva, Senator Jay Block Lt Col, USAF (Retired), Andrés Sanchez, Dave Gatterman and Ron Abramshe. #sscafca #nmleg #anniversary

It’s almost time for the 2025 Land and Water Summit. March 5th-7th @ the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM We have an amazing slate of speakers that will be bringing their expertise and energy to our annual event which this year is focused on ‘Nature Based Solutions – Putting our thumb on the scale for Mother Nature’. Speakers include: Sarah Anderson, Angela Bacigalupa, PE, ENV SP, Trent Botkin, Tammy Fiebelkorn, Melissa McDonald, Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar PhD, Cory Rayburn, Brian Schalk, Gerhard Schoener, Michael Scialdone, Francesca Shirley, Bonnie Strange, Jesse Westad, PLA, ASLA, Adriana Zuniga-Teran and more. Our keynote speaker will be John Fleck View our full slate of speakers here: https://lnkd.in/gt2fAWpp You can still register for the summit here: https://lnkd.in/g8NHeM5R

?? Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (SSCAFCA) paper wins EWRI award! Our paper Infiltration Model Parameters from Rainfall Simulation for Sandy Soils (https://lnkd.in/gQcSNZXd) has been selected to receive the Best Technical Note Award in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. We are very honored to receive this recognition from the ASCE Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI). Thanks to our great team of co-authors, Gerhard Schoener, Sara Rassa, matthew fleming, Dave Gatterman and Jacob Montoya, EIT. #SSCAFCA #Award #HydrologicEngineering #ASCE #EWRI #Teamwork

It's Engineer's Week and today is also the birthday of our Design Services Director Andrés Sanchez. Today we celebrated him and all the other engineers at SSCAFCA, Andy Edmondson, Junko Nishida, Sara Rassa, and Jamie Vigil. Notably missing was our Executive Engineer Dave Gatterman who was up in Santa Fe at the legislature for the day.

Celebrating the success of our staff! ?? Sara Rassa, SSCAFCA’s Staff Engineer just passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam and is now an "Engineer in Training" (EIT). We are proud of her achievement and are excited that she will continue her journey from academic excellence to professional success with us. Congratulations Sara!

?? SSCAFCA has a heart! ?? Yesterday, in preparation for Valentine's Day most of the SSCAFCA crew spent a few hours sprucing up the heart on the Enchanted Hills Dam Spillway in the City of Rio Rancho. Thanks to all who helped out:?Dave Gatterman, Andy Edmondson, Carlos Padilla, Vicente Garcia, Gerhard Schoener, Sara Rassa, Carla Salazar, Junko Nishida & Jamie Vigil. ? Happy Valentine's Day! #SSCAFCA #paintingourheartout?

Caption This! Pictured below is our Design Services Director and Principal Engineer, Andrés Sanchez in the bucket of the Sany 365 excavator (parked and turned off, of course??) at Riparia Ponds. #sscafca #captionthis

Yesterday's work on the Riparia Ponds Project included cutting the keyways for the pond embankment and constructing the berms between ponds 2 and 3 and the channel. #sscafca #projectupdate

Here is some information on current legislation being proposed in the 2025 legislative session that may be of interest to stormwater professionals in New Mexico.? ?