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The Rio Grande as seen near Isleta and Interstate 25 in Albuquerque. Bureau of Reclamation hydrologist Ed Kandl says the river could flow slower than 200 cubic feet per second in the city by late June. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Last summer was rough on the Rio Grande.
This year is shaping up to be just as bad or worse, federal water managers said Thursday, as New Mexico battles a historic drought, below average snowpack and a grim summer forecast.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation hydrologist Ed Kandl said during a presentation of the agency’s annual operating plan for the Rio Chama and Middle Rio Grande that summer river projections are “dismal” for Albuquerque all the way to Elephant Butte Reservoir.