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New Mexico’s largest reservoir plunges to just 1.4% full
AI KEY TAKEAWAYS (TL;DR)
- Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico’s largest reservoir, plunged to just 1
- 4 percent capacity in July 2026 after years of extreme drought and record early snowmelt
- The dramatic decline exposed long-submerged debris and underscored the growing strain on Rio Grande water supplies used by farms in New Mexico and Texas
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Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico’s largest reservoir, plunged to just 1.4 percent capacity in July 2026 after years of extreme drought and record early snowmelt. The dramatic decline exposed long-submerged debris and underscored the growing strain on Rio Grande water supplies used by farms in New Mexico and Texas.
