- Long-Term Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Strategy ›
- Clean the Past ›
- Control the Present ›
- Introduction
- Something in the Air? ›
- Protections: Sediment ›
- Protections: Sediment Control = Contaminant Retention
- Tour: Sediment Retention
- Protection #2: Trap and Remove Sediment
- Stormwater Controls
- Stop Contaminant Movement & the Individual Permit
- View of Stormwater Monitoring Sites
- Stormwater Control Structures
- How are the aftereffects of wildfire managed?
- Las Conchas Wildfire
- Stormwater Controls after Wildfire
- Los Alamos Canyon Weir
- 10,000 Willows
- Pueblo Canyon Grade Control Structure
- Early Notification Gages
- Protections: Sampling ›
- Protection #3: Sample and Survey
- Tour: Environmental Monitoring
- Groundwater Monitoring
- How does LANL determine where to put a monitoring well?
- Protection of the Groundwater Resource
- The Location Investigation Process
- The Location Determination Process
- Monitoring Well Placement
- Contaminant Sources
- Groundwater Monitoring Network
- View of Groundwater Monitoring Sites
- Well Placement Decision Process
- Create a Sustainable Future ›
- Multimedia ›
Early Notification Gages
Just above the confluence, stormwater gages in Los Alamos and Pueblo canyons have cell phone notification systems that automatically notify Buckman Diversion Project of stormwater flowing into the Rio Grande. The Project can then choose to temporarily discontinue water intake from the Rio Grande.
Gage E050.1: Los Alamos Canyon
Gage E060.1: Pueblo Canyon
Gage E109.9: Below confluence of Los Alamos, Pueblo and Guaje Canyons
A few flows per year make it from LANL property into the Rio Grande.
Fact Check »
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Every year, a few storms produce enough runoff on LANL land to reach the Rio Grande. As you can see from the table below, the biggest runoff does not originate on LANL property, but from canyons to the north such as Guaje.
| Date | E050.1 Discharge (cfs) Los Alamos Canyon |
E109.9 Discharge (cfs) San Ildefonso Gage |
Non-LANL storm water source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19/2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 8/21/2011 | 75 | 610 | 535 |
| 8/22/2011 | 91 | 95 | 4 |
| 9/4/2011 - 9/5/2011 | 188 | 632 | 444 |
| 9/7/2011 | 11 | 61 | 50 |
| 9/10/2011 | 15 | 70 | 55 |
| 9/15/2011 - 9/16/2011 | 11 | 8 | - |
| 10/4/2011 | 6 | 13 | - |