The Bureau of Reclamation joined the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority and the state of New Mexico to break ground on the next phase of a water project to bring a safe, reliable water supply to eastern New Mexico.
When completed, the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System will convey water from Ute Reservoir to approximately 70,000 people in the municipalities of Clovis, Elida, Portales, Texico, Roosevelt County, and Cannon Air Force Base.
Reclamation has announced over USD 222M in funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System to expedite work on the project.
The Finished Water One portion of the project, now under construction, includes 15 miles of pipeline that will deliver water from the future water treatment plant to other completed pipelines and laterals serving the member communities. The entire system will include approximately 120 miles of pipe, two raw water pump stations, a water intake facility, a smaller finished water booster pump station, storage tanks and a water treatment plant. To date, construction is finished on the intake structure, 9 miles of the Finished Water Two and Canon Lateral, and 13 miles of the Finished Water 3A pipeline.
