Village of Chama on day two of no water
Potable water and water bottles is what residents are left with.
Potable water and water bottles is what residents are left with.
Potable water and water bottles is what residents are left with.
No water and no estimated time for when it will come back this is life, for the village of Chama right now.
Chama is on day two of no water. Potable water and water bottles is what residents are left with.
This is after a leak left the entire village pleading for help. The mayor of Chama, Ernest Vigil, had a meeting with the New Mexico Environment Department.
Vigil said, “We requested five semitrucks to haul water to our water plant. With the plant and the help of the truckers we should be able to fill the tanks and find the leak and fix and move forward.”
That request has not been accepted or denied. The NMED says $800,000 in capital outlay funds are available to the Village of Chama.
The mayor says around $100,000 of those funds have been used for repairs.
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Vigil said, “It's probably going to be a lot higher because we haven't received the bills yet for the early detection company that's coming in tomorrow.”
He says the rest of the money will be used for a planned repair project.
“We had a pilot study last week as to how to improve the water plant. Well, that in itself is probably going to be in the range of $350,000 to $500,000 to do the upgrade to the plant,” Vigil said.
Vigil says the capital outlay funds usually need to be approved, the money comes from the village and then is reimbursed by the state — a process that can take more than a month.
The owner of El Vado RV Park, 25 miles south of town, is offering free showers for people who live in Chama.