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Eastern New Mexico Water Authority details Ute pipeline progress, targets 2031 completion
Summary
Mayor Morris, chair of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, told the Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee that construction of the Ute pipeline is advancing, with major segments built, federal and state funding in place and a target in-service year of 2031.
Mayor Morris, chair of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, told the Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee that construction on the Ute pipeline project is advancing and on track for the authority's target in-service year of 2031.
Morris said the project will deliver a maximum of 16,415 acre-feet to member communities and described the authority's funding model as roughly 75% federal, 15% state and 10% local. "The linchpin in our plans is introducing a new and second renewable source of water into the equation," Morris said, adding that reuse water, groundwater conservation and surface water from the Ute Reservoir will form a diversified supply portfolio…
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