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Rehabilitation of these dams, and construction of the Cochiti Dam were undertaken by the Middle Rio Grande Project. [1] The San Juan–Chama Project brings water to the Rio Grande basin from the Colorado River Basin, building the Heron Dam to store some of the water, with an expansion of the El Vado Dam storing some of the remainder. The Closed ...
The Rio Grande Project is a United States Bureau of Reclamation irrigation, hydroelectricity, flood control, and interbasin water transfer project serving the upper Rio Grande basin in the southwestern United States. The project irrigates 193,000 acres (780 km 2) along the river in the states of New Mexico and Texas. [1]
Amistad Dam (Spanish: Presa la Amistad) is a major embankment dam across the Rio Grande between Texas, United States, and Coahuila, Mexico.Built to provide irrigation water storage, flood control, and hydropower generation, it is the largest dam along the international boundary reach of the Rio Grande. [1]
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the Rio Grande in the United States and Mexico. Pages in category "Dams on the Rio Grande" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The Rio Grande is visible at left as the Elephant Butte Dam holds back water on June 18, 2023. ... New Mexico could fundamentally change how groundwater is managed in the Rio Grande basin in New ...
Rio Grande basin, showing dams and diversions. Middle Rio Grande Project is in the northwest. Cochiti reservoir. The Middle Rio Grande Project includes the river, dams, irrigation and drainage channels from Velarde south to the point where the river enters the Elephant Butte Reservoir.
May 10—The federal government is dispensing $60 million to improve water conservation and efficiency in the Lower Rio Grande Basin between Elephant Butte and El Paso, a stretch that has proven ...
The dam in 2024. Rio Grande Dam is a dam in Hinsdale County, Colorado impounding the Rio Grande.Built between 1910 and 1914 by the San Luis Valley Irrigation District to store water for agriculture in the San Luis Valley, Rio Grande Dam is an earth and rock fill dam 111 ft (34 m) high and 550 ft (170 m) long. [1]