Belen Division Field Office

Physical Address	Mailing Address	Phone Numbers
25 General Edward Baca Belen, NM  87002	PO Box 1291 Belen, NM  87002	505-864-7466 FAX: 505-864-8824
Sloan Washburn	Division Manager	505-328-7867 (cell)
Erica Alvarado	Division Clerk II	505-864-7466
April Ash	Division Clerk	505-864-7466
Jim Russell	Maintenance/Equipment Supervisor	505-917-3124 (cell)
Loretta Scott	Field Maintenance Supervisor	505-328-7378 (cell)

 

The Belen Division is the largest division of the MRGCD.  It serves irrigated acreage in Valencia and northern Socorro Counties. It is largely rural, but encompasses the cities of Belen and Los Lunas, and the villages of Peralta and Bosque Farms. The Division also serves Isleta Pueblo. 

The Belen Division receives water diverted from the Rio Grande by the Isleta Diversion dam. Significant flow also enters the west side of the Division directly from the Albuquerque Division. The dam, being a low head diversion structure, incorporates canal intakes along both banks, and a series of 30 radial gates to control head behind the structure. 

The Division operates and maintains about 505 miles of ditch which provide irrigation for the benefit of about 30,100 acres and is staffed by 60 employees.

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Work Schedule

 September 23-27, 2019

Construction Crews

work on access gates division wide

repair turnouts on Jaral Lateral

Turnout install Los Lunas Acequia

repair two checks Enrique Lateral

 

 

Maintenance Crews

Dredging on Belen Highline Canal heading to the south

Dredging 240 waste way and New Belen heading

Mowing on Belen Highline Canal I-25 Bypass south

Mowing Garcia Extension feeder 4 to San Francisco

Weed removal Division wide

Silt removal from Dam site to barrow pit

Build up bank Otero Lateral

dredge and reshape Old Belen Acequia south of Rivera Rd.

 

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