Enrique R. Lamadrid is a distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of New Mexico. He is the editor of the Querencias Series at the University of New Mexico Press. José A. Rivera is professor emeritus of community and regional planning at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest (UNM Press).

• PrefaceIntroductionJosé A. Rivera and Enrique R. LamadridBendición del aguaOlivia Ramona RomoI. Acequias of Nuevo MéxicoChapter 1. Río Grande Acequias: Historic Working LandscapesLuis Pablo Martínez Sanmartín, Thomas F. Glick, and José A. RiveraChapter 2. A Bird's-Eye View of Northern New Mexico's AcequiasAlejandro LópezChapter 3. Acequia Waters: Community Resource or Commodity?Paula García and Miguel SantistevanChapter 4. Framing the Spring Ritual of la LimpiaDonatella DavanzoChapter 5. The Waterfall Acequias of the Mora ValleyEnrique R. Lamadrid and Juan Estevan ArellanoChapter 6. Transbasin Diversion in the Forest Wilderness: Oral History Testimony Protects the Acequia BordoJosé A. RiveraChapter 7. Valdez: Acequia, Placita, MercedSylvia RodríguezChapter 8. La Bajada Village's Acequia LandscapesArnold ValdezChapter 9. Cultivating a Sensible Food SystemMiguel SantistevanChapter 10. Acequias as a Sustainable Model for Hydro-EcologyQuita OrtizChapter 11. Conservation in the Conservancy District: Keeping the Valley Green with Acequias and AdaptationYasmeen NajmiII. España y México: Patrimonios AncestralesChapter 12. Valencia and New Mexico's Hermanamiento Ceremony: A Personal PerspectiveDon BustosChapter 13. Safeguarding the Global Cultural Heritage of Community AcequiasLuis Pablo Martínez SanmartínChapter 14. Heritage Acequias of Spain: The Millennial Huerta of Murcia and the Río Segura ValleyArmando J. LamadridChapter 15. El Palmeral de Elche: Acequia Management and Oasis Survival in the Twenty-First CenturyCarlos Ortiz Mayordomo and Lina Gracia i VicenteChapter 16. Bounty of the Columbian ExchangeEnrique R. Lamadrid and Armando J. LamadridChapter 17. Tlaxcala and Aranjuez: Keystone Gardens of the Columbian ExchangeEnrique R. Lamadrid and Armando J. LamadridChapter 18. Valle de Allende and Aldama: Roots of Acequia Culture in Northern MéxicoEnrique R. LamadridIII. Nuevo México y el MundoChapter 19. Land and Water in the Middle East: The Yemen ConnectionJuan Estevan Arellano and Enrique R. LamadridChapter 20. Traditional Communal Irrigation: Historical Lineage from Persia to New MexicoR. Jack MeyersChapter 21. Climate Calamity and High-Mountain Glacier Irrigation in Nepal and PerúArmando J. LamadridChapter 22. The Zanjeras: Community Irrigation in the PhilippinesJosé A. RiveraChapter 23. Acequias of Chile: A Permanent Stronghold in Times of ChangeJosé Luis Arumí and Ovidio Alejandro MeloChapter 24. Looking to the Past for Solutions for the Future: A Comparative Study of the Acequias of Two High-Desert CitiesAndrew BernardEpilogue: In Defense of Water, Agriculture, and PeopleEnrique R. Lamadrid and José A. RiveraContributorsIndex

Enrique R. Lamadrid is a distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of New Mexico. He is the editor of the Querencias Series at the University of New Mexico Press. José A. Rivera is professor emeritus of community and regional planning at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest (UNM Press).

• PrefaceIntroductionJosé A. Rivera and Enrique R. LamadridBendición del aguaOlivia Ramona RomoI. Acequias of Nuevo MéxicoChapter 1. Río Grande Acequias: Historic Working LandscapesLuis Pablo Martínez Sanmartín, Thomas F. Glick, and José A. RiveraChapter 2. A Bird's-Eye View of Northern New Mexico's AcequiasAlejandro LópezChapter 3. Acequia Waters: Community Resource or Commodity?Paula García and Miguel SantistevanChapter 4. Framing the Spring Ritual of la LimpiaDonatella DavanzoChapter 5. The Waterfall Acequias of the Mora ValleyEnrique R. Lamadrid and Juan Estevan ArellanoChapter 6. Transbasin Diversion in the Forest Wilderness: Oral History Testimony Protects the Acequia BordoJosé A. RiveraChapter 7. Valdez: Acequia, Placita, MercedSylvia RodríguezChapter 8. La Bajada Village's Acequia LandscapesArnold ValdezChapter 9. Cultivating a Sensible Food SystemMiguel SantistevanChapter 10. Acequias as a Sustainable Model for Hydro-EcologyQuita OrtizChapter 11. Conservation in the Conservancy District: Keeping the Valley Green with Acequias and AdaptationYasmeen NajmiII. España y México: Patrimonios AncestralesChapter 12. Valencia and New Mexico's Hermanamiento Ceremony: A Personal PerspectiveDon BustosChapter 13. Safeguarding the Global Cultural Heritage of Community AcequiasLuis Pablo Martínez SanmartínChapter 14. Heritage Acequias of Spain: The Millennial Huerta of Murcia and the Río Segura ValleyArmando J. LamadridChapter 15. El Palmeral de Elche: Acequia Management and Oasis Survival in the Twenty-First CenturyCarlos Ortiz Mayordomo and Lina Gracia i VicenteChapter 16. Bounty of the Columbian ExchangeEnrique R. Lamadrid and Armando J. LamadridChapter 17. Tlaxcala and Aranjuez: Keystone Gardens of the Columbian ExchangeEnrique R. Lamadrid and Armando J. LamadridChapter 18. Valle de Allende and Aldama: Roots of Acequia Culture in Northern MéxicoEnrique R. LamadridIII. Nuevo México y el MundoChapter 19. Land and Water in the Middle East: The Yemen ConnectionJuan Estevan Arellano and Enrique R. LamadridChapter 20. Traditional Communal Irrigation: Historical Lineage from Persia to New MexicoR. Jack MeyersChapter 21. Climate Calamity and High-Mountain Glacier Irrigation in Nepal and PerúArmando J. LamadridChapter 22. The Zanjeras: Community Irrigation in the PhilippinesJosé A. RiveraChapter 23. Acequias of Chile: A Permanent Stronghold in Times of ChangeJosé Luis Arumí and Ovidio Alejandro MeloChapter 24. Looking to the Past for Solutions for the Future: A Comparative Study of the Acequias of Two High-Desert CitiesAndrew BernardEpilogue: In Defense of Water, Agriculture, and PeopleEnrique R. Lamadrid and José A. RiveraContributorsIndex