Re: Chama's Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Plant Failed

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Kelly Anderson
How could they tell?

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Earl
When I was there it was an annual event. Usually it waited until July 4th weekend to go belly up......

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Albuquerque Journal
The village of Chama itself has had a history of water-related violations.

In the past decade, the Environment Department has found the village in violation 21 times, mostly for failing to report samples of dangerous substances in the water.

Sandoval said he resolved all complaints issued by the department. However, department spokeswoman Maddy Hayden wrote Tuesday that the village still has eight unresolved violations from 2017 and 2018 for failing to issue public notices of past violations.

A 2016 report by the New Mexico State Engineer’s Office found the village of Chama’s water system frequently struggled with “bacteria and other organisms in its surface water,” and cited turbidity as a common issue in the Rio Chama area.