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The San Acacia Diversion Dam is a structure built in 1934 for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) near to San Acacia, New Mexico, United States. It diverts water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. ==Structure== The dam is location on the Rio Grande about north of San Acacia, New Mexico. There are significant archeological sites along the left abutment of the diversion dam and the river embankments. There is a spoil levee about upstream from the dam. Scour by the river on the bank here was causing persistent bank erosion. The dam was built in 1934 and rehabilitated by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1957 as part of the Middle Rio Grande Project. It is high and long, a concrete structure with 29 radial gates. The dam serves the Socorro Division, and has a diversion capacity of per second. The dam diverts river water into the Socorro Main Canal operated by the MRGCD. It can also divert water into the Low Flow Conveyance Channel, operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The Low Flow Conveyance Channel runs along the Rio Grande for from the San Acacia Diversion Dam to the narrows above Elephant Butte Reservoir. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Acacia Diversion Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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