by NMELC | May 13, 2025 | NMELC in the News
By Jason Groves
Las Cruces Sun News
May 13, 2025
The Santa Teresa Industrial Park arsenic treatment facility failed a voluntary arsenic test in April.
The facility, operated by the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, was one of three CRRUA water treatment facilities tested. The Sunland Park and Santa Teresa Community facilities each tested below the Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminate level for arsenic of 10 parts per billion (ppb), according to a CRRUA news release. …
by NMELC | May 6, 2025 | NMELC in the News
By Algernon D’Ammassa
Albuquerque Journal
May 6, 2025
SUNLAND PARK — A beleaguered water utility serving nearly 20,000 people in Santa Teresa, Sunland Park and southern Doña Ana County reported progress Monday on correcting deficiencies in assuring safe drinking water cited by the New Mexico Environment Department. …
by NMELC | Apr 17, 2025 | NMELC in the News
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by NMELC | Apr 7, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Advocates worry contract could lead to truckloads of uranium from Mount Taylor to Utah
By Patrick Lohmann
Source NM
April 7, 2025
A provision in the secret, controversial agreement allowing a private company to transport uranium ore across the Arizona side of the Navajo Nation has New Mexico anti-nuclear advocates increasingly worried about the prospect of new mining activity near a mountain sacred to the Navajo people. …
by NMELC | Mar 19, 2025 | NMELC in the News
Lauren Elizabeth Shults
El Paso Times
March 19, 2025
Friday, March 7, Sunland Park residents demanded the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority require water quality testing and arsenic testing when potential disruptions to water quality occur, implement a rate freeze for the next four years and provide free, third-party clean water when discolored water incidents happen, among other requests. …
by NMELC | Mar 12, 2025 | NMELC in the News
KOAT 7
March 12, 2025
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. —People living in Sunland Park people are demanding clean water, regular testing and a pause on changes to water service rates.
This week the city’s water service, Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, held a board meeting where residents showed samples of recent discolored water. …
