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)
Frank Lovato	Construction Supervisor	505-389-3803 (cell)
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

December 10-14

Construction Crews

dirt work on Enrique Lateral aprons for 2 checks

work on access gates division wide

dirt work on Grant 2 for approach aprons for 2 different checks

dirt work for check on San Juan Main Canal

dirt work for check and wasteway Garcia Extension

Maintenance Crews

Reshape/dredge Braught Lateral

Mowing in Belen area

Mowing in Peralta area

Weed removal Division wide

Otero Lateral build up banks  

Silt removal Big Chical Lateral 

Garcia Acequia dredge and silt removal

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