Isleta Diversion Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Valencia / Bernalillo counties, near Isleta, New Mexico |
Coordinates | 34°54′21″N 106°41′06″W / 34.9057°N 106.6851°W |
Purpose | Irrigation |
Opening date | 1934 |
Owner(s) | Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Diversion dam |
Height | 21 feet (6.4 m) |
Length | 674 feet (205 m) |
Spillway capacity | 1,070 cubic feet (30 m3) per second |
The Isleta Diversion Dam is a structure on the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin near Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, United States, that diverts water from the river into irrigation canals. There have been some negative environmental impacts due to changes in the river flow that affect the native fish and drying of the riverside land.