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<br />ROLLING RIO GRANDEWA:TERSbI1EINe' WET YEARS
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<br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
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<br />OTHER FEDERAL EFFORTS
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<br />'The US Soil Conservation 5erv.
<br />,ice undertakes snow surveys to '
<br />predict ru.noffle\iels that identify
<br />potential flooding problems.
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<br />The U.S. VYeather Bure<lu fore,
<br />casts streamflows and provid.es
<br />inf\~nnatlol1 to the Corps during
<br />periods of flooding.
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<br />The Unit:edSt,ltes Goological
<br />Survey makes river and stream
<br />leve_J measurements during flood
<br />periOds that assh-t the Corpsin
<br />its tloodcontroJ operatiQlls.
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<br />The International Boundary and
<br />\Vat:er Conunission manages the
<br />100,000 at flood control pool at
<br />CaballoReservoir ,ttl protect
<br />downstream lands. '\>
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<br />The International Boundary and
<br />Water Commission oversees
<br />flood cOntrol efforts along the
<br />international border between
<br />M~ico <lnd the United States.
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<br />ject, the Bw:eau gears its opera-
<br />tions todivert spt,ing peakpow$
<br />that would otherwise cause
<br />.fJoodingin th~SanJuan
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<br />Bureau perSonnel a,t the (]uirna"~
<br />office remotely coJltrol th"t gate~'"
<br />at PlatoroDam to facUlMe water
<br />deliveries iindtlood control.
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<br />The'Bureau,maimains certain
<br />levees and other t100d C~fltroJ
<br />;:stru~s through thedmlTal;'
<br />New)vfexiCQ stretch of the Rio
<br />Grande.
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<br />The Bureatiloses~of the low
<br />flow'corweyiulce canalafSan.. ,
<br />Acacia when high levels in Ele~
<br />phantBufteReser<ioir back up'
<br />jptothe canal6utlet.
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<br />ACTIONS ON A LOCAL LEVEL
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<br />t.ocalintereSts maintain the Wil-
<br />low Creek}7loodway,1in
<br />improved"charmel completed'by:
<br />theCorps;inl~toprovide' .
<br />increased Chanllekapacity On
<br />theR!o Grande ~ugh Cre~e,
<br />, Colorado.
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<br />During Wet years.\-vherfElephant
<br />Butte ReservOir is fuD, C()lorado
<br />"water,users-are entitled,under
<br />the,RioGra~deCtimpactto,
<br />r;live:rt'theentireJlow oHhe river.
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<br />pWners ofprival€ reservoirs in
<br />the Rio Grande headwaters
<br />volu~arily:~pefaiewith' the
<br />"Corps and,~te f9:promote~oO>d
<br />control when such ,acti'lities dp
<br />.1'l1ot hurt their ~bifity to. deliver
<br />'needoo water supplies.
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<br />,> The fribalg<;Werpmetlt oHhe
<br />Cochiti Ptt~blt):strongly:objeci$
<br />toseepi1ge cauSe9l:ly,high kveis
<br />;at Cocpiti Reservofrthatcreate.
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<br />~The Albuqu~ue:l.ocal Protec'
<br />tion Project'was.un4ertakenin
<br />the 1~ to,providexhannel$ for
<br />floOd.,co'ntrol in the, \\Iash~~ pass-
<br />ingthrough the Albuquerque
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<br />';"The Middle Rio GtandeCOn$t'r:
<br />vancy'District~elps facilitate
<br />f1ooacontrol in the Cochitito
<br />Rio Puerc6stM:chof the Rio
<br />~ Gtandi! Floodway. ~ ii,
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<br />The pty qf ,SocolTQ maintains
<br />th~$<<Orro Diversion Channel
<br />:froJectcompleted in 1964to pro-
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<br />through ,arroyos originating ~
<br />th'?m~)Untain,s t9 thewest.,
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<br />LOCAL 8
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<br />m,ent in riverbed areas exacer".;
<br />bates ,(IoodinKProblems' when
<br />high runof(resultsirt flows in
<br />the Rio Grande below Fort
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