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The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) was formed in 1925 to manage the irrigation systems and control floods in the Albuquerque Basin.It is responsible for the stretch of river from the Cochiti Dam in Sandoval County in the north through Bernalillo County Valencia County and Socorro County to the Elephant Butte Reservoir in the south. It manages the Angostura Isleta and San Acacia diversion dams which feed an extensive network of irrigation canals and ditches.
