Federal officials say cities and farmers that depend on Rio Grande water are in for another tight year.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the annual operating plan for the Middle Rio Grande on Thursday.
Snowpack from the mountains that feed the Rio Grande now is halfway gone, and there has been little to no precipitation in the last month.
That means federal officials will be managing the waterway for drought for a fifth consecutive year.
Albuquerque, Santa Fe and others that rely on San Juan-Chama water see their allocations cut for a second year.
The Bureau of Reclamation says it is negotiating water leases to supplement river flows and will work to find extra water for the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow.
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