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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.
89,652 acres (36,281 ha) v. t. e. The Middle Rio Grande Project manages water in the Albuquerque Basin of New Mexico, United States. It includes major upgrades and extensions to the irrigation facilities built by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and modifications to the channel of the Rio Grande to control sedimentation and flooding.
Millions for water conservation. The Bureau of Reclamation also announced Wednesday that $5 million is going to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District for its Middle Rio Grande Environmental ...
Water managers and fish biologists at the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation say they're working to mitigate the effects on the endangered silvery minnow — a ...
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Army Corps of Engineers and Bernalillo County coordinated with the water authority to make the project happen, and Albuquerque's Open Space Division ...
The San Acacia Diversion Dam is a structure built in 1934 for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) near to San Acacia, New Mexico, United States. It diverts water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. Structure. The dam is location on the Rio Grande about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of San Acacia, New Mexico.
Despite an above-average snowpack in New Mexico, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District is anticipating below-average stream flows, in part because of poor soil moisture, Marken said.
The Angostura Diversion Dam consists of a concrete weir section 17 feet (5.2 m) high and 800 feet (240 m) long. The dam was built in 1934 by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD), and in 1958 was rehabilitated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers as part of the Middle Rio Grande Project.