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Residents urge action after "yellow water" reports from Camino Real utility; county hears five demands
Summary
Speakers at the Doña Ana County meeting urged the commission to press the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority to stop delivery of discolored "yellow water," provide arsenic test strips, supply third-party water during outages, freeze proposed rate increases and restore evening board meeting times.
Public commenters from southern Doña Ana County told commissioners on March 11 they are experiencing recurring delivery of discolored "yellow water" from the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority and urged county intervention because the utility is created under a joint powers agreement that involves both the county and the City of Sunland Park.
Daisy Maldonado, director of Empowerment Congress, said the group and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center presented five demands to the authority and to local governments. She summarized the demands as: taking preventive measures so yellow water is not delivered; providing arsenic test strips for at-home testing; supplying third-party clean water to affected residents during episodes;…
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