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Rio Puerco above Arroyo Chico near Guadalupe, NM 35,000 30,000 Note: One year with incomplete data (2013) has been omitted. Annual Streamflow (acre-feet) 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 P:\_ NM15-203\RWPs_2016\12_MRG\Figures\Fig5-09c_Rio Puerco.docx 12/20/16 2010 2013 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE REGIONAL WATER PLAN 2017 Annual Streamflow for Selected Gaging Station on the Rio Puerco Figure 5-9c
Table 5-6. Reservoirs and Lakes (greater than 5,000 acre-feet) in and Supplying the Middle Rio Grande Water Planning Region River Reservoir Rio Arriba County a Willow Creek/ Heron Dam Rio Chama Primary Purpose Irrigation M&I (storage for SJCP) Operator Date Completed Total Authorized Conservation Storage Capacity (acre-feet) Surface Area b (acres) Dam Height (feet) Dam Length (feet) Bureau of Reclamation 1970 401,000 5,901 269 1,220 Rio Chama El Vado Reservoir Irrigation (for Bureau of Reclamation 1934 180,000 3,100 230 1,326 MRGCD) Abiquiu Dam Flood control U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1963 200,000 4,224 354 1,800 Sandoval County Rio Grande Cochiti Lake Flood control U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 1975 50,000 c 1,200 251 29,000 Recreation Jemez River Jemez Canyon Reservoir (DRY) Flood control U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 1953 0 0 149 870 Sources: USACE, 1999 a Reservoirs are upstream of Middle Rio Grande region, but are included because of their relevance to the region. b Surface area at maximum authorized conservation storage. c Authorized Cochiti storage is for a permanent recreation pool of 1,200 surface acres. There is no conservation storage authorized for Cochiti Lake. M&I = Municipal and industrial SJCP = San Juan-Chama Project MRGCD = Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017 93
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Table 5-6.<br />
Reservoirs and Lakes (greater than 5,000 acre-feet) in and Supplying the<br />
<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Region<br />
River<br />
Reservoir<br />
<strong>Rio</strong> Arriba County a<br />
Willow Creek/ Heron Dam<br />
<strong>Rio</strong> Chama<br />
Primary<br />
Purpose<br />
Irrigation<br />
M&I (storage<br />
for SJCP)<br />
Operator<br />
Date<br />
Completed<br />
Total<br />
Authorized<br />
Conservation<br />
Storage<br />
Capacity<br />
(acre-feet)<br />
Surface<br />
Area b<br />
(acres)<br />
Dam<br />
Height<br />
(feet)<br />
Dam<br />
Length<br />
(feet)<br />
Bureau of Reclamation 1970 401,000 5,901 269 1,220<br />
<strong>Rio</strong> Chama El Vado Reservoir Irrigation (for Bureau of Reclamation 1934 180,000 3,100 230 1,326<br />
MRGCD)<br />
Abiquiu Dam Flood control U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1963 200,000 4,224 354 1,800<br />
Sandoval County<br />
<strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> Cochiti Lake Flood control U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 1975 50,000 c 1,200 251 29,000<br />
Recreation<br />
Jemez River Jemez Canyon<br />
Reservoir (DRY)<br />
Flood control U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 1953 0 0 149 870<br />
Sources: USACE, 1999<br />
a Reservoirs are upstream of <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> region, but are included because of<br />
their relevance to the region.<br />
b Surface area at maximum authorized conservation storage.<br />
c Authorized Cochiti storage is for a permanent recreation pool of 1,200 surface acres.<br />
There is no conservation storage authorized for Cochiti Lake.<br />
M&I = Municipal and industrial<br />
SJCP = San Juan-Chama Project<br />
MRGCD = <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Grande</strong> Conservancy District<br />
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