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Chávez Says City Won't Give Water for Minnows Albuquerque won't give up any more of its stored water to protect endangered Rio Grande silvery minnows, Mayor Martin Chávez said Thursday.     "It is essentially water from the mouths of our children," the mayor said in a rejection that sets the stage for a federal court showdown next week.     Without a release of some of the city water stored upstream, the Rio Grande will likely go dry as far north as Algodones later this month, federal water managers say.     That would be a disaster for the Rio Grande silvery...