Water Update (04/22/26)
From Water Matters! by Utton Transboundary Resources Center
April 22, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the concerning low water flow levels as the runoff season begins in 2026.
There is no way to sugar coat the bad water news pill as 2026 enters what should be the rising limb of the runoff season, as Rin Tara and John Fleck report in this week's water update. Consider: Flow at Embudo, on the Rio Grande upstream from Española, is at its second lowest level for this point in the year in a record that, with a few gaps in the record in the early 20th century, goes back to the late 1800s. Flow at the the USGS Albuquerque gage is the lowest it has been at this ...
People in this episode
Hosts: Rin Tara, John Fleck
Topics covered
- water news
- runoff season
- Rio Grande
- flow levels
Keywords
- water update
- Embudo
- Albuquerque gage
Mentioned in this episode
Places: the Rio Grande, Española, Albuquerque
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