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The Rio Grande Project built the Elephant Butte Dam and the Caballo Dam. A number of diversion dams were also constructed in this project, including the Leasburg, Percha, Mesilla, American and Riverside diversion dams. [2] The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District built El Vado Dam and the Angostura, Isleta and San Acacia diversion dams.
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 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) was formed in 1925 to manage the irrigation systems and control floods in the Albuquerque Basin.It is responsible for the stretch of river from the Cochiti Dam in Sandoval County in the north, through Bernalillo County, Valencia County and Socorro County to the Elephant Butte Reservoir in the south.
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.
The Rio Grande is visible at left as the Elephant Butte Dam holds back water on June 18, 2023. Editor's note: Reporting supported with a grant from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado ...
Elephant Butte Reservoir, the main storage reservoir on the Rio Grande, was reported at 13.1% of capacity as of May 1, 2022, [39] further decreasing to only 5.9% full by November 2021. [39] Nearly a year later, in October 2022, the reservoir had made only insignificant rebounds, resting at 6.4% of capacity.
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 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 ...