Elephant Butte Reservoir
January 9, 2008--State meets RG Compact obligation (Alamosa News)
Colorado has liquid gold in the bank when it comes to Rio Grande Compact accounting.
May 2, 2007--Central New Mexico farmers face water storage limits (Farmingto Daily Times)
Farmers in central New Mexico could face restrictions on how much water they can store in reservoirs upstream for irrigation late in the growing season.
March 9, 2007--Forecast for river flows is reduced (Albuquerque Journal)
The state's largest river, the Rio Grande, is expected to deliver only 440,000 acre-feet of water into Elephant Butte Reservoir, the state's largest water storage reservoir.
February 14, 2007--Good news, average news (Albuquerque Journal)
...On the Rio Grande, New Mexico's largest river, the snowpack forecast is just average--not nearly enough to overcome a deficit at Elephant Butte Reservoir left by years of subpar precipitation and h
February 12, 2007--Receding El Nino Leaving West Dry (Albuquerque Journal)
El Nino is dwindling, diminishing the odds for a spring wet enough to refill the West's parched reservoirs...That means just average flows in the Rio Grande.
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.
