Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQJOURNAL NORTH: County May Supply Subdivision Water
... of the $215 million Buckman Direct Diversion project. The Buckman facility will take the area's share of San Juan-Chama water - Colorado River basin water piped to New Mexico - from the Rio Grande. County Attorney Steve Ross said the original plan was for Las Campanas to take raw ...
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ABQJOURNAL SANTAFE: High Runoff Due to Dust?
... grazing began in the region in the 1800s. The rapid snowmelt is a potential problem for the system that captures water from the San Juan River basin and shuttles it across the Continental Divide to provide drinking water for Albuquerque. The water flows through the 13-mile Azotea Tunnel ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: High Runoff Blamed on Dust Storms
... grazing began in the region in the 1800s. The rapid snowmelt is a potential problem for the system that captures water from the San Juan River basin and shuttles it across the Continental Divide to provide drinking water for Albuquerque. The water flows through the 13-mile Azotea Tunnel. If ...
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ABQJOURNAL NORTH: 35 Protests Filed Against Proposed Pipeline
... of water rights each year. It contends its application to transfer well water represents a small portion of overall irrigation water in the Pecos River Basin, and that would come from marginal farming. A water consultant for the company, Mustafa Chudnoff, said the pipeline's effects will ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: 35 Protests Filed Against Pipeline Plan
... each year. The company contends its application to transfer well water represents a small portion of overall irrigation water in the Pecos River Basin, and that would come from marginal farming. Opponents are not convinced. The Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District, for example, argues ...
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ABQJOURNAL NORTH: Agency Joins Pipeline Opposition
... contends its application to transfer well water, submitted in February, represents a small portion of overall water for irrigation in the Pecos River Basin, and that water would be transferred from marginal farming. The 6,600 acre-feet would be moved from about 4,800 acres of the 180,000 acres now farmed ...
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