The lake side of El Vado Dam is covered with a steel faceplate.
Bill Russom, northern projects manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, talks to a couple who stopped along the one-lane road across El Vado Dam to ask about the restoration project
Vehicles drive along the one-lane NM 112 that crosses El Vado Dam. Swing stages used to support workers sit idle along the steel faceplate of the dam after the rehabilitation project on the 90-year-old structure was stopped. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented will not work and a new approach has to be taken.
The project to rehabilitate the over 90 year old El Vado Dam has stopped. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented will not work and a new approach has to be taken. This further delays when El Vado will be able to be used to store water for farmers in the Middle Rio Grande Valley.
The lake side of the 90 year old El Vado Dam is covered with a steel faceplate. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented to restore the dam will not work and a new approach has to be taken.
El Vado Lake has been drained to a the outlet to allow a restoration project on the 90 year old structure. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented to restore the dam will not work and a new approach has to be taken.
El Vado Lake has been drained to a very low level to allow a restoration project on the 90-year-old structure. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented to restore the dam will not work and a new approach has to be taken.
The project to rehabilitate 90-year-old El Vado Dam has stopped. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented to restore the dam will not work and a new approach has to be taken. This further delays when El Vado will be able to be used to store water for farmers in the Middle Rio Grande Valley.
El Vado Lake has been drained to a very low level to allow a restoration project on the 90 year old structure. Bureau of Reclamation announced the plan that had been implemented will not work and a new approach has to be taken. This further delays when El Vado will be able to be used to store water for farmers in the Middle Rio Grande Valley.
