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I see in the Santa Fe New Mexican that a couple hundred households in Eldorado were told they should boil their water this weekend because of a pump that was out. Previous to this Eldorado was denied a permit from the State Engineer for a supplemental well.
This is just more of the same. People need to get more serious about water conservation, and quit blaming their elected officials, representatives, the State Engineer and waterworks employees. The real problem is in the mirror. Stop wasting water on pools, golf courses and manicured lawns! We live in the desert, mountainous though it may be. Water is precious, and people need to start treating it that way.
The residents who were told to boil their water were not in Eldorado but in several smaller subdivisions close to Eldorado: Dos Griegos, Alteza and Belicia Estates, who are also on the Eldorado water system.
Do you know where the heck those subdivisions you are mentioning are located Towanda? Are they south of Eldorado or where? Just interested cause I am always trying to stay on top of water issues around here.
Right around Eldorado on Highway 285 there are a number of small subdivisions. They are not part of Eldorado, but are considered Eldorado-area, and they get their water from the Eldorado water company.
By the way I agree with you COMPLETELY that people MUST accept that our precious water MUST be conserved, or having these tanks get low might be a common occurence we all have to live with.
O.k., I figured they were those places on the I-285 corridor going towards Lamy. I wouldn't expect there would be much water out in that country, so that makes sense.
I don't know specifically. I'm just basing this on where Lamy is located. The Galisteo River is out there, and I think Lamy has gotten some of its water from a spring that might be hydrologically connected to the river. I think Lamy's water situation might be worse than Santa Fe, because Santa Fe gets a good amount of water from the Sangre de Cristos, and the Santa Fe River. Lamy would not be getting much mountain runoff, if any.
I don't know about the aquifer underneath Lamy, but my guess would be it is not that productive. Eldorado got two wells for use recently that failed due to the drought. There has been a lot of discussion over developing oil in the Galisteo Basin, and I know that part of that conversation involves the fragility of the Galisteo River, the aquifer, and the lack of adjacent drainage areas and lack of surplus water that might be available.
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