RIO GRANDE RESEARCH FOR WATER CONSERVATION

Description: , it became a culture. So many events evolve around an acequia. In many of our villages the annual ditch cleaning is a community affair because it sustains the whole village, not just those that own irrigated land. UNLIKE CANALS THAT ARE LINED WITH CEMENT TO PREVENT LEECHING, THE EARTHEN ACEQUIAS ALLOW SEEPAGE INTO GROUNDWATER. BUT THE RESEARCHERS AR FINDING THAT THE SEEPAGE ISNT WASTED. IT PROMOTES RIPARIAN BUFFERS, CLEANER GROUNDWATER AND POSSIBLY MORE EFFICIENT STORAGE OF WATER. Guldan: ...