Technical Writing

Since 2000, Leslie has completed several technical writing projects associated with water resources. Throughout her career in software development she wrote user guides and documentation for systems she implemented.

In 2003-2004, Leslie held the technical editing contract for the Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan. With an associate, she edited the chapters of the plan and posted it along with extensive archives to the Water Assembly website.

The following are several reports and presentations that Leslie wrote while in the Water Resources Program:

• For her professional project, Leslie developed a workshop and piloted a workshop about water rights adjudication, Preparing Water Users in the Lower Rio Grande for Adjudication Through an Informative Workshop (Kryder, 2009). A presentation about the workshop is available.

• Final Report on the Assessment of the Wetland Conditions at the Galisteo Watershed Produced by Graduate Students at The University of New Mexico Community and Regional Planning Program (Henkel et al., 2006). This document was produced for use by Earth Works, Inc. Working in teams, we developed wetlands monitoring plans for several sites in the Galisteo basin.

• The Trans-Basin Acequias of the Mora Valley, New Mexico (Kryder, 2010) summarizes historical and field research on three acequias in the Mora Valley with a view toward documenting water rights claims. The paper is available from and Land and Water Collection of the Center for Southwest Research at UNM.

• A related article, Of Three Mora Valley Acequias (Kryder, 2010), is found in the Greater Communities Project book of the New Mexico Chapter of the American Planning Association. Publication expected later in 2010.

• In 2008-2009, working on a contract with the State of New Mexico, Leslie developed an annotated bibliography based on over 15,000 pages of historical and technical documents associated with the Rio Grande Project from before its inception in 1904 through signing of the Rio Grande Compact between Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado in 1938.

• An annotated bibliography exploring readings on community planning and water resources management.

• Microalgae for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Kryder, 2007)

• A Brief Survey of Water Allocation and Administration in New Mexico (Kryder, 2006).

• An Analysis of "Greenness" of Parcels that Have Sold Off Water Rights (Kryder, 2006).