Elephant Butte Irrigation District
January 14, 2007--New Mexico Runoff Looks Better for This Year (Farmington Daily Times)
Rain last summer and snow this winter have improved the odds for a better water year along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico. Elephant Butte Irrigation District water engineer Phil King said farmers will likely get 9 acre-inches of water to start the season--about two-thirds of the 14 acre-inches they received during the entire season last year. Some 526,200 acre-feet--26 percent of capacity--was in Elephant Butte Lake as of last Tuesday, compared with about 442,700 acre-feet--about 22 percent of capacity--one year ago. Caballo, about one-tenth the capacity of Elephant Butte, is at 43,900 acre-feet, also more than one year ago.
