In the State Engineer's Hearing on the transfer of water rights for use in operating Copper Flat Mine, lawyers representing local protestors filed their written arguments against the transfer.
So often we head from one year into the next with vague notions of things we should work on changing. Perhaps this year, pause, and then dive into 2024 with strong convictions for change
The city almost ran out of water the week of Nov. 6 because Cook Street Station, the Grand Central of our water system, had a slew of problems. The $9.4 million downtown water project was supposed to include upgrades to Cook Street.
The city almost didn't have water. The city's water and wastewater director gave a blow-by-blow of the crisis. It revealed the utter decrepitude of the system caused by long neglect.
Two items on the Nov. 15 agenda match: The waterline failures have created a state of disaster and we're too broke to fix it, according to the latest financial report. A third item, issuing $4.5 million in bonds to renovate the old armory into a police station doesn't match.
Ten years ago Truth or Consequences Mayor John Mulcahy, showing leadership and a green mindset that we could use more of, contacted Van Clothier of Stream Dynamics in Silver City to do a “storm water harvesting assessment.”
Today's intelligence: A wish list of Colorado River stakeholders' water use priorities has been gathered and released by the Bureau of Reclamation to inform the drafting of new water-sharing rules.
