(Susan Montoya Bryan | The Associated Press) In this Feb. 18, 2018, file photo, sandbars fill the Rio Grande north of Albuquerque, N.M. Federal water managers and a major utility have reached a $2 million agreement that aims to keep one of North America's longest rivers from going dry in the stretch that runs through New Mexico's largest metropolitan area. The lease approved late Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, by board members of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority will provide the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation with additional water to preserve the flow of the Rio Grande.
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