Hammond
Conservancy
District
http//hammondcon.org/
To access the complete HCD brochure click here
MAP
Important Hearing
Important Notice: Updates on Navajo Nation Water Rights Claims and San Juan Adjudication hearings:
Order (1) granting settling parties’ motion to extend certain deadlines and (2) settling schedule governing discovery and remaining proceedings: 11th Judicial District Court – Filed February 3, 2012
For more information on the activities of the court : Click Here
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Navajo Dam Spillway
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Navajo Reservoir
& San Juan Mountains
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Navajo Reservoir
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Features of the
website include:
Overview
The construction,
operation, and maintenance of the Hammond project were authorized by
congress in 1956. The purpose of this U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)
project was to divert, store, and distribute water of the San Juan
River for irrigation purposes on approximately 4000 acres of arable
land stretching for 20 miles along the south bank of the river from
Blanco to near Farmington. For a complete description and brief history
see: http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Hammond+Project .
The project was
turned over to the Hammond Conservancy District (HCD) for operation and
maintenance in 1974. The HCD is a non-profit Special District organized
under New Mexico Statutes [73-14 (1978)] and is governed by an elected Board of Directors.
The HCD claims
rights to 26,705 acre feet of Colorado
River Storage Project (CRSP) water and the BOR has prepared a Water-Use Analysis
(this is a large PDF file that will open in a new window), to document
and support the need for this water right. The CRSP was implemented to
develop water resources provided by the Colorado River Compact of 1922. As with all
water-users within the San Juan Basin, however, the actual amount of
water available to satisfy claimed rights is governed by precipitation,
particularly winter snowfall, that occurs in the San Juan Mountains of
southwestern Colorado and the volumes stored in Navajo Reservoir. To address potential water
shortages while avoiding litigation, the HCD, along with other
water-users in the San Juan Basin, have participated in a shortage
sharing agreement since 2003.
In 2002, the HCD
developed a Water Management Plan
(Jim Dyer - Consultant) to assess the state of water management
measures related to efficient use of project waters, and to identify,
plan, and implement any improvements needed in that management.This website is one of the outcomes of
the educational component of that plan.
Additionally, during the summer of 2006, several irrigation system
audits were conducted to evaluate irrigation efficiencies on the HCD.
To view a summary of the outcomes and suggestions for irrigation
management improvements click here
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HCD Canal
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San Juan River below dam
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Comments or
Suggestions? Email us
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