- Reclamation
- Upper Colorado Basin
- Albuquerque Area Office
Albuquerque Area Office
The Albuquerque Area Office is one of the largest in Reclamation reaching from the Alamosa area of southern Colorado through most of New Mexico and into west Texas. Staff here manage delivery of water on the Rio Grande, Rio Chama, Pecos, and Canadian rivers from the main office in Albuquerque and six field offices in Alamosa, Colorado; Alamogordo, Chama, Elephant Butte, and Socorro, New Mexico; and El Paso, Texas. This office is also responsible for overseeing the management of nine major dams with a combined reservoir storage capacity of more than 3.5 million acre-feet that supply water for more than 439,000 acres of irrigated land and several municipal drinking water projects. They also oversee hydropower production at Elephant Butte Dam, and research and testing at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination and Research Facility.
News and Highlights
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News Release – January 16, 2025
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $82 Million for Rural Water Projects WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation today announced an investment of $82 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda in five Rural Water Projects to bring drinking water to areas of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota. The funding is from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and builds on the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to ensure that all Americans have access to clean, safe drinking water. Read More
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News Release – January 16, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation today announced an $87 million investment from the Inflation Reduction Act for the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System in New Mexico and several water conservation projects along the Upper Rio Grande in southern Colorado. Read More
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News Release – November 25, 2024
Reclamation seeks public comment on proposed project at Los Lunas River Mile 163
Albuquerque, N.M. — The Bureau of Reclamation, along with its partners, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, is welcoming public comments on a proposed river maintenance project in the Los Lunas subreach of the Rio Grande between river miles 164 and 162, about two miles north of the New Mexico 6 bridge. Read More
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News Release – November 18, 2024
Agreement reached for Rio Grande water storage in Abiquiu ReservoirALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority and the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District reached an agreement to allow storage of Rio Grande water in the water authority's allotted space in Abiquiu Reservoir for up to 10 years. This allows the continued operation of the Middle Rio Grande project while Reclamation moves forward with necessary Safety of Dams improvements at El Vado Dam. Read More
