State of emergency declared in Chama due to lack of water service
The Rio Arriba County Board of Commissioners declared a state of emergency for the Village of Chama due to the lack of water service in the village.
The declaration formally requests the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and other state agencies to appropriate financial assistance to help the village.
On Friday, an aerial flyovers were done to gather information on the location of the waterline link that caused the water outage. This could identify changes in the Village of Chama that led to the leak.
The water outage in Chama began on June 9 when the water service providing water to the village stopped operating adequately.
The mayor of Chama told KOAT there is no time frame for water service to be restored.