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Late runoff and high snowpack last year means water from Elephant Butte is being released early this year, setting the stage for a full 30-week irrigation season.
If New Mexico has a shortfall of water to send to Texas, the state could cut back allocations to the Elephant Butte District. The Elephant Butte and El Paso irrigation districts have filed amicus ...
When water releases begin from Elephant Butte on June 1, farmers in Southern New Mexico and El Paso will have to make due with a reduced allotment. Irrigation districts plan for another dry year ...
The Elephant Butte Irrigation District is a 6,870 acres (27.8 km 2) historic district providing recognition and limited protection for the history of much of the system, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The Elephant Butte Irrigation District is a 6,870 acres (27.8 km 2) historic district in New Mexico and Texas which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The listing included three contributing buildings and 214 contributing structures , in Doña Ana County, New Mexico , Sierra County, New Mexico and El Paso County ...
Water flow was still unpredictable, with the river often drying up for several months. This changed with the closure of Elephant Butte Dam in 1915, which regulated the flow. The Mesilla Diversion Dam was completed in 1916. End of concrete railing wall on the west (downstream) end of the dam. By this time, the canal system served all of the ...
Each spring, water managers release water from the Elephant Butte Reservoir 130 miles north of El Paso, and the water crawls into the wide, dry bed of the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Elephant Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, [2] is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in the United States. The dam impounds Elephant Butte Reservoir , which is used mainly for agriculture but also provides for recreation, hydroelectricity, and flood and sediment control.