Pilot project seeks to make a splash

By: Laura Paskus

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 644

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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In sandals, with his camera in a dry bag around his neck, Paul Tashjian crosses the Rio Grande north of Albuquerque. On a Monday afternoon in mid-June, the river’s muddy waters slide past the Pueblo of Sandia and the Village of Corrales at about 40 cubic feet per second — four percent of the normal flow for this time of year.

Barely getting his shins wet, Tashjian, a hydrologist, heads to what’s called an outfall …

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