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Bookmark or Share- The Fascinating History of New Mexico’s Water Ditches (Acequias)Acequia (Spanish, from the Arabic “water carrier”) came from North Africa to Spain to the New World. From Mexico, the technology was brought to the US. Through a contract with Indigenous...
- Spain, Facing a Future of Drought, Turns to Medieval Solutions - The ...A group of volunteers and workers excavating “acequias” — water channels that were built hundreds of years ago — in June high up in the Sierra Nevada near Granada, in southern Spain. Samuel...
- Acequias - San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (U.S. National ...Acequias. Water along the San Antonio River. NPS Photo. The San Antonio River, or Yanaguana as known to the Indigenous of the area, has given the people and animals of South Texas life for thousands of years. This waterway was transformed by Spanish communities in the early 1700s to give life in a different way, through agriculture.
- Acequia - WikipediaAn acequia (Spanish:) or séquia (Catalan:) is a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation. Acequias are found in parts of Spain, the Andes , northern Mexico , and the modern-day American Southwest (northern New Mexico and southern Colorado ).
- New Mexico farmers manage scarce resource with centuries-old irrigation ...ENVIRONMENT. NEWS. Centuries-old irrigation system shows how to manage scarce water. New Mexico’s community-operated acequias, some over 300 years old, demonstrate how farmers can fairly share...
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