The Riverside Canal is an irrigation canal in El Paso County beginning southeast of El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Riverside Diversion Dam on the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso. The canal is managed by the US Bureau of Reclamation. The canal extends for with a capacity of 900 cubic feet per second. Water from the canal irrigates about 39,000 acres (160 km2). The canal and diversion dam is the southernmost system on an irrigation project extending along the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas. The canal supplies a canal network extending throughout the Upper Rio Grande Valley. See also American Canal Franklin Canal (Texas) Texas Irrigation Canals United States Bureau of Reclamation External links Rio Grande Project, US Bureau of Reclamation website Canals in Texas Irrigation canals Transportation buildings and structures in El Paso County, Texas United States Bureau of Reclamation