Rio Grande River dry in stretches in West Texas
6/6/2022 1:02:43 PM
CATEGORIES:
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Bernalillo County, NM
Dona Ana County, NM
Rio Arriba County, NM
Sandoval County, NM
Santa Fe County, NM
Sierra County, NM
Socorro County, NM
Taos County, NM
Valencia County, NM
Brewster County, TX
Cameron County, TX
El Paso County, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
Hudspeth County, TX
Kinney County, TX
Maverick County, TX
Presidio County, TX
Starr County, TX
Terrell County, TX
Val Verde County, TX
Webb County, TX
Zapata County, TX
Start Date: 6/5/2022
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Prolonged drought in West Texas and northern Mexico are cause for concern regarding reservoir storage levels on the Rio Grande River. Amistad and Falcon reservoirs, which store water for municipal use and irrigation, are at a combined capacity of 27.32%. Amistad is presently at 38.4% of capacity, down from 51.7% a year ago. Similarly, Falcon is at 19.3% of capacity, down from 26.0% a year ago.
In the Big Bend area, the Rio Grande River was completely dry at the monitoring station at Johnson Ranch.
In New Mexico, the Rio Grande is also expected to run dry in the middle valley, according to the chief engineer for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District.
MyRGV.com (McAllen, Texas), June 5, 2022
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