Contaminated water flowing from the Gallinas River due to a burn scar recently resulted in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declaring an emergency in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The governor made $2.25 million in emergency funding available to the city to assist it with buying a pre-treatment system to filter the turbid, contaminated water.The emergency declaration came shortly after utility leaders announced the city only had 50 days of clean water left."The destruction that continues to befall New Mexico communities affected by the U.S. Forest Service planned burns from earlier this year is unfathomable," Lujan Grisham said in a statement, according to
News Briefs: Planned Burns by Forest Service Affecting Water in New Mexico
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, disastrous flooding in Kentucky has killed at least 37 people and has damaged water utilities across the state
Aug 04, 2022 |
