• Aqueducts are to bring 37,376 acre-feet annually from the San Juan River.
• The project designers expect it will serve 250,000 people by 2040.
• The design calls for 280 miles of pipe, 24 pump stations, two treatment plants and several storage facilities.

“The project is the cornerstone piece of the New Mexico water rights settlement between the Navajo Nation, the state of New Mexico and the United States, and provides a long-term sustainable water supply for areas reliant on groundwater supplies that are dwindling and of poor quality,” says Barry Wirth, regional public affairs officer at the Bureau of Reclamation.