About US

 Water is the lifeblood of our communities. The parciantes of Jose Venito Martinez Acequia believe that water should be protected as a community resource so that future generations can grow food and other agricultural products, raise livestock and can have a healthy and secure source of water for needs within the community. We seek to promote agriculture by preventing the severance of water rights from irrigated land. If changes in historic uses of water become necessary, those decisions should be made through a cultural and spiritual connection to our community and through our own process of self-governance so that those decisions can be made for the common good. We honor the ancient customs and traditions embodied in our acequia and seek to govern our acequia to continue the connection between our land, water and culture in perpetuity.