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Structures will limit flow of sediments toward Rio Grande. Los Alamos, New Mexico, November 5, 2009— Crews broke ground this week on one of two engineered structures in a Los Alamos National Laboratory environmental project to reduce the flow of sediments down two canyons toward the Rio Grande. Called "grade-control" structures, the approximately $2 million features are up to eight feet high and made of rocks packed tightly into wire enclosures. They will play a major role in controlling and trapping sediments in Pueblo and DP Canyons. In Pueblo Canyon, the structure will help grow an existing wetland which traps sediment by means of thick vegetation. The project is being implemented in close coordination with the New Mexico Environment Department. It's also considered important to the Buckman Direct Diversion Project, which will draw Rio Grande water for use in Santa Fe and Santa Fe County.
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