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Alamogordo says desalination plant inactive; transmission-line funding, NM DOT approval remain
Summary
City staff told the March 11 Alamogordo City Commission meeting the municipal desalination plant is inactive while the city awaits transmission-line construction, funding and New Mexico Department of Transportation clearances for right-of-way. A $12 million loan covers a five-mile phase; one mile is complete and about 16 miles total are needed.
City staff told Mayor Pro Tem Sharon McDonald and the Alamogordo City Commission on March 11 that the municipal desalination plant is not operating because the transmission line needed to supply power and make the facility operable is incomplete.
"It's not operational right now and it's actually in inactive status with the state because we can't operate it," a city staff member said. The staff member said one mile of transmission line is finished, the next…
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