Kenny Salazar, owner of Kenny Salazar Orchards, stands beside the Santa Cruz Reservoir Dam, which holds back the waters of the Santa Cruz Irrigation District. Salazar, a board member with the district, with help from the Lab’s NMSBA program and Sandia National Laboratories is looking for ways to reduce sediment build up and increase capacity in the reservoir to help farmers.

Kenny Salazar, owner of Kenny Salazar Orchards, stands beside the Santa Cruz Reservoir Dam, which holds back the waters of the Santa Cruz Irrigation District. Salazar, a board member with the district, with help from the Lab’s NMSBA program and Sandia National Laboratories is looking for ways to reduce sediment build up and increase capacity in the reservoir to help farmers.