Why is the river diversion site located below LANL and not somewhere else?
Many alternatives have been considered, but the BDD Project is the best choice as an additional source of drinking water for the Santa Fe region in the near-term for three main reasons: 1) the Rio Grande is the only source of sustainable water in the vicinity of the Santa Fe region; 2) the City and County already have rights to significant quantities of imported San Juan-Chama Project water that is available for diversion only from the Rio Grande; and 3) diversion from the Rio Grande at alternate locations as evaluated in the BDD Project Environmental Impact Statement would be more difficult or impossible.
