Cochiti Dam
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Cochiti Dam is an earthen fill dam located on the Rio Grande in Sandoval County, New Mexico, approximately 50 miles north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It also impounds the Santa F
Cochiti Dam from lake side
A view of the shoreline of Cochiti Lake, impounded by Cochiti Dam
Outlet flow at Cochiti Dam in 2002
Middle Rio Grande Project
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The Middle Rio Grande Project manages water in the Albuquerque Basin of New Mexico, United States. It includes major upgrades and extensions to the irrigation facilities built by the Middle Rio Grande
Cochiti Dam
…had previously been used for irrigation purposes, and which had been rehabilitated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1958 as part of the Middle Rio Grande Project. The new dam replaced this functionality. Construction of the dam was opposed by the Cochiti Keres Pueblo people, who lost significant tracts of…
El Vado Dam