San Juan–Chama Project
The San Juan–Chama Project is a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation interbasin water transfer project located in the states of New Mexico and Colorado in the United States. The project consists of a series of tunnels and diversions that take water from the drainage basin of the San Juan River – a tributary of the Colorado River – to supplement water resources in the Rio Grande watershed. The project furnishes water for irrigation and municipal water supply to cities along the Rio Grande including Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Heron Lake, the main storage reservoir of the San Juan–Chama Project | |
| General statistics | |
|---|---|
| Begun | 1951 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Dams and reservoirs | Heron Nambe Falls Blanco (diversion) Oso (diversion) Little Oso (diversion) |
| Operations | |
| Storage capacity | 403,343 acre⋅ft (0.497516 km3) |
| Annual water yield | 110,000 acre⋅ft (0.14 km3) |
| Land irrigated | 92,479 acres (37,425 ha) |
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