Two critical water projects that will greatly lessen the massive leakage of water--up to 70 percent--will go out to bid in about a month.
City Manager Gary Whitehead and Public Information Officer and Tourism Coordinator Carrie Gaston have made the $3 million G. O. bond approved by voters in 2022 crystalline clear in a series of very readable charts. Kudos for transparency. The city can claim good stewardship and ask for another bond.
The article inside on Steve Pearce being appointed by Trump to head the Bureau of Land Management was written by Jim Pattiz, who is a filmmaker and founder of More Than Just Parks. He has given his permission to the Citizen to reprint his article.
Copper Flat Mine's efforts to reopen over the last 15 years have been supported via resolutions passed by Truth or Consequences city commissions in the past and by the current mayor's passivity and "trust."
The city, under City Manager Gary Whitehead's leadership, is issuing timely press releases when a problem occurs instead of leaving the people to wonder and speculate.
Copper Flat Mine will use tons of water, loads of electricity, will dump tons of damp tailings with lead, mercury, sulfates, nitrates and other contaminants as well as creating dust and air pollution with these same contaminants. A boom/bust operation lasting maybe 20 but probably 12 years.
Whitehead's oversight and procurement savvy probably saved the city $800,000 on this project.
Xeriscape, public baths, if it's yellow let it mellow, eat off paper plates?
Doña Ana County has approved the construction in Santa Teresa (near El Paso) of the $165 billion Jupiter Project. What does that mean?
It's backing up. It's overflowing. It's close to the Rio Grande. Fixing it is finally a priority.
Whitehead to the rescue, along with "water bear." Looks as if the city was disregarding warnings about violations to its sewer-water-discharge permit, until Whitehead came along. He was a tad too late to prevent an administrative order being handed down by the feds, though.
On August 19, State Engineer Elizabeth Anderson denied the mine's application to transfer water rights for use at Copper Flat Mine. This article reports on the reasons for her decision and analyzes some consequences of her action.
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