Communities in New Mexico are beginning to clear the state’s water irrigation systems following last year’s wildfire and flooding that packed the canals full of debris.
More than 30 families depend on the Acequia de Cañoncito, which is fed by a couple of canyons that originate in parts of the mountain range that were severely burned. Ash and silt rushed from the hillsides during last summer's rainy season, clogging a diversion point for the irrigation system and culverts beyond that.
"Parts of the acequia are filled bank to bank and it looks like a path instead of an acequia. And we don’t know what’s under the mud and ash — how many trees are in there, how many rocks are in there," Bradshaw said."The force of the water was just remarkable."John Romero, a division director with the state Transportation Department, described the material that needs to be removed as blackish muck.
"Everybody involved is very exhausted from it and they continue to do work," he said of what has been a nearly yearlong ordeal for the communities scattered through the burn scar."These kinds of events are so taxing on everyone." And it likely won't be the end of it, Bradshaw said, wondering what this summer's rains might bring down from the hills.
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