Chief Engineer & CEO
Jason Casuga, Chief Engineer/CEO
Jason Casuga is the Chief Engineer/CEO for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD), located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a professional engineer with over 19 years of experience in water resources that spans both the private and public sectors, Jason has spent the last 15 years working within the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Prior to being appointed as the Chief Engineer/CEO in February 2022, Jason was MRGCD’s Chief Operations Officer (COO), responsible for the agency’s technical services and field maintenance divisions.
Before joining MRGCD in June 2016, Jason was a River Maintenance Engineer and Project Manager at the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). In his role at the BOR, Jason was responsible for managing river maintenance and habitat restoration projects along the Rio Grande from Velarde, New Mexico, to Elephant Butte Reservoir.
Jason was raised in Dexter, New Mexico, and has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from New Mexico State University.
Latest News
June 24 Notice – Severe Water Shortages to Impact Irrigation Deliveries
UPDATE - June 24 - 6PM Earlier today, we released a statement acknowledging that the MRGCD service area was facing a critical shortage of water. Today’s rainfall was welcomed and a much-needed turn of events. While the rainfall brings real relief to farmers across the...