Laredo is no longer under a flood warning, but the Rio Grande continues to rise after days of upstream rain, according to the ...

Beginning in the 1880s, humans built progressively larger diversions, dams, and reservoirs in the Rio Grande Basin, leaving ...

That means that when flows in the Rio Grande are around 1.1 million acre-feet, New Mexico may consume 393,000 acre-feet of the water, or about 36 percent of the total. The remainder must be ...

That threatens the Rio Grande, which relies on snowmelt for three-fourths of its water. Hotter temperatures dry out soils, and that can absorb as much as 20% of water before it hits the riverbed ...

Without any more rain, the Rio Grande may dry up in the Albuquerque area. Farmers in New Mexico, who rely on the river, were given notice to anticipate changes to water availability.

Rio Grande Library Initiative aims to preserve and showcase the water, land and cultural history of the San Luis Valley By Shanna Lewis · Feb. 18, 2025, 9:05 am ...

Rio Grande Water Deal Between Texas and New Mexico Is ... (2 min) As severe drought in the West forces states to make drastic water cuts, Las Vegas offers a road map to making the most out of ...

"For decades, however, El Paso Water has been planning and preparing for a year like 2022 in which we won’t receive our full share of Rio Grande water," he wrote.

Rio Bosque is one of several places protecting and restoring ecosystems in the Rio Grande watershed. In El Paso's Upper Valley, the 52-acre Keystone Heritage Park includes a wetlands ecosystem.