Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest

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Conflicts between Hispanic farmers and developers made for compelling reading in The Milagro Beanfield War, the famous novel of life in a northern New Mexico village through which tradition triumphs over modernity. But as cities grow and industries expand, are acequias, or community irrigation ditches, a wise and efficient use of water within the arid Southwest? José Rivera presents the up to date case for the worth of acequias and the communities they nurture within the river valleys of southern Colorado and New Mexico.

Recognizing that “water is the lifeblood of the community,” Rivera delineates an acequia culture in keeping with a reciprocal relationship between irrigation and community. The acequia enjoy grows out of a conservation ethic and a tradition of sharing that are meant to be recognized and preserved in an age of accelerating competition for scarce water resources.

“A the most efficient valuable contribution to the long run management of water resources.”–Professor Michael C. Meyer

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