Troubled southern NM water utility reports progress

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. …

Uranium transport through Native Nation sparks concerns in New Mexico

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. …

Sunland Park residents with discolored drinking water demand action

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. …

CRRUA Meeting: Residents demand clean water

Paul Schulz
KIVA-7
March 10, 2025

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Several Sunland Park spoke at Monday’s Camino Real Regional Utility Authority board meeting, demanding clean water, regular testing and no changes to the rate over the next four years. …