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The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District built El Vado Dam and the Angostura, Isleta and San Acacia diversion dams. 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 Mexicans would withdraw their water from the Rio Grande at the Acequia Madre about 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream from the point where the river starts to form the international border. [3] The International Dam at the head of the Acequia Madre was completed in 1918, and improvements to the dam were completed in 1941.
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]
The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas or locally as the Valley, RGV, or the 956 is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1]
The San Juan–Chama Project is a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation interbasin water transfer project located in the states of New Mexico and Colorado in the United States.The project consists of a series of tunnels and diversions that take water from the drainage basin of the San Juan River – a tributary of the Colorado River – to supplement water resources in the Rio Grande watershed.
The Department of Senior Affairs has been making firewood deliveries for nearly 20 years, according to Maria ReQua, its social services division manager . There are no income qualifications ...
The American Dam, or American Diversion Dam, is a diversion dam on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, that divides the river water between Mexico and the U.S. It is about 140 feet (43 m) north of the point where the west bank of the river enters Mexico, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the business center.