Posts Tagged ‘snowpack’
Rio Grande Already Drying Out Near Socorro
by Laura Paskus In springtime, rivers are supposed to swell with snowmelt, filling their channels and triggering fish to spawn. This year, however, the Middle Rio Grande has already dried south of Socorro. Record-low snowpack in the mountains upstream means that the state’s largest river is in trouble this year. And so are the species…
Read MoreWater Conservation In New Mexico – This Year And Beyond
March 23, 2018 – The time to start thinking about water conservation is before a drought. And that’s exactly what the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) started doing years ago. Low snowpack and a forecast for increased drought conditions this year have many people worried, but division director Katherine Yuhas says her organization…
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