Last summer the press said the Rio Grande had run dry in Albuquerque, and it was the “new hydrologic reality.” Now the Rio Grande is flooded.
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What actually happened last summer was the water was diverted out of the river channel into irrigation ditches over a five mile stretch.
On Google Earth it can be seen what is really going on.
The water is diverted out of the river into an irrigation ditch here. Note the muddy water coming out of the river.
And then five miles to south, clear water is returned from the irrigation ditch back into the river bed.
