San Juan-Chama accounts for the bulk of the water New Mexico gets from the Colorado River Basin. There are some historic users such as Navajo Nation farmers diverting water separately from the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Colorado River tributaries in New Mexico bring water to the alfalfa ... closely tied to the Colorado via the San Juan-Chama Drinking Water Project. The system of tunnels ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two New Mexico lawmakers are behind a new effort to protect the Gila River. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Gabe Vasquez and Senator Martin Heinrich, would designate parts ...

San Juan-Chama accounts for the bulk of the water New Mexico gets from the Colorado River Basin. There are some historic users, such as Navajo Nation farmers, diverting water separately from the ...

FLECK SAYS THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS DEAL ... "We get our water here in Albuquerque from the Colorado River through the San Juan Chama Project. It's really important to ...

In New Mexico, some water users, including the irrigation district, rely on water piped from the Colorado River watershed ...

On the Chama River, Heron Reservoir is 14% full; its neighbors, El Vado and Abiquiu, are at 14% and 51%, respectively. Further down the watershed, on the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico ...

New Mexico state forester. Snowpack in the Rio Chama Watershed area is 132% of normal, and in the Jemez River area it’s 114% of normal. Snowpack totals across the state range from 58% in Rio ...