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In 2002, the State of New Mexico bought the lake, and it is now operated by the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (ISC), but owners maintained their water rights. After New Mexico bought the lake, various water users approached Governor Bill Richardson in hopes of mediation to end the litigation over water rights. Governor Richardson and ...
Ute Dam (National ID # NM00293) is a dam at Logan, New Mexico in Quay County, about 20 miles (32 km) west of the Texas state line. The reservoir it creates, Ute Reservoir , has a water surface of 8,200 acres (3,300 ha) and has a maximum capacity of 403,000 acre-feet (497,000,000 m 3 ). [ 1 ]
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It is the fourth largest reservoir in New Mexico in terms of surface area and the fifth largest body of water in New Mexico in terms of volume. The lake is in Caballo Lake State Park , which is approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of Truth or Consequences .
Abiquiu Lake is a reservoir located in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States.Water of the Rio Chama is impounded by the earth-filled Abiquiu Dam, 1,800 feet (550 m) long and 340 feet (100 m) high, completed in 1963 and raised in 1986.
For water sources with many users, a government or quasi-government agency is usually charged with overseeing allocations. Allocations involving water sources that cross state borders or international borders can be quite contentious, and are generally governed by federal court rulings, interstate agreements and international treaties.
The project irrigates 193,000 acres (780 km 2) along the river in the states of New Mexico and Texas. [1] Approximately 60 percent of this land is in New Mexico. Some water is also allotted to Mexico to irrigate some 25,000 acres (100 km 2) on the south side of the river.
The anthropologist, Nancy Owen Lewis writes in her book, Chasing the Cure in New Mexico, that Ojo Caliente hot springs had lodging for 60 people by 1880, and that the resort attracted hundreds of individuals who soaked in the mineral waters for rheumatism, kidney problems as well as skin problems. [3] (Lewis 2016:21)