acequia

Maintenance of the main acequia would be a community responsibility.

In the 1730s, an acequia was built to carry water from the springs toward the city for irrigation and household use.

Acequia is a method of collective responsibility and management for irrigation systems in desert areas.

Mission Espada's acequia (irrigation) system can still be seen today.

The park maintains an official arrangement with an acequia of landowners downstream.

The acequia not only conducted potable water and irrigation, but also powered a mill.

The acequia is lined with native limestone, a facet of Spanish engineering techniques.

This particular acequia was the beginning of a much wider acequia system.

Although historically not designed or used as towpaths, acequia ditch banks also are popular recreational trails.

Acequia is served by the Minidoka County Schools system.

The economy is mostly based on agriculture (fruit, potato, tomato), taking advantage of the presence of an acequia.

The acequia running through the city of Albuquerque, parallel to the river, became an unsanitary drainage ditch, serving as a common sewer.

Once, this land — some of which is blessed by adequate water and the traditional acequia system of distributing it — could support its population.

Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest.

The 11 guest rooms are in a long hacienda with a veranda that faces a courtyard with a flowing acequia.

Acequia may refer to:

One perpendicular wall connects to a section of the 18th century Acequia Madre de Valero.

Acequia, the word for ditch in Spanish, is common within the entire Rio Grande Valley.

In south central Texas, intermittent rainfall and the need for a reliable water source made the design and installation of an acequia system a high priority.

Acequia is an unincorporated community located in Douglas County, Colorado, United States.

The creek is the source of the San Luis People's Ditch, an acequia, which was given the highest priority water rights in the state.

The acequia was restored in 1968 and that year was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

Cruzat authorized construction of an acequia, or irrigation channel, through Albuquerque, overruling the objections of some landowners.

The Darro river supplied water to the Alhambra through a system of aqueducts called 'Acequia Real'.

Its acequia system (irrigation ditch complex) is on the Register of Historic Places for New Mexico.