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Photographed inside the ’50s restaurant in Mora Rene by Jerry Martinez, the water operator for the Agua Pura Mutual Household Water Consumers Association in Chacon, whose residents are dealing with Calf Canyon–Hermits Household water shortages after the Peak Fire.
Photographed inside the ’50s restaurant in Mora Rene by Jerry Martinez, the water operator for the Agua Pura Mutual Household Water Consumers Association in Chacon, whose residents are dealing with Calf Canyon–Hermits Household water shortages after the Peak Fire.
Several communities in northern New Mexico are facing a water crisis in the wake of the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak Fire, with one community near the Taos County-Moura County line left without running water Sunday (June 5).This is the second time the pipes in the unincorporated community of Chacon have dried up since evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes in late May.
When the largest wildfire in state history swept through the mountains outside Chacon in Mora County, it produced enough heat to destroy rock formations that once flowed 20 gallons per minute of spring water into a collection tank, eventually feeding more than 350 residents through 133 family connections.
“The spring was diverted and now it’s coming out about 10 to 15 feet below the rocky cliff,” said Jerry Martinez, water operator for the Aguapura Domestic Water Consumers Association (MDWCA), which is about 90 percent of people provide domestic water.All residents of the Chacon region.”We can still take advantage of it, it depends on what the landlord says.”
Currently, most of the spring water flows through the collection tank, from where it flows into the downhill storage tank since the establishment of the Water Association in the 1970s.There was also a problem: the delivery pipes from the collection tank to the storage tanks were also damaged in the fire.The 7.5 gallons per minute output still produced by the springs is further reduced by the time it reaches the tank.
“We can only get 5 gallons of water per minute into the tank because we’re in the burnout area between the tank and the spring,” Martinez told Taos News from a table in Rene’s ’50s restaurant. There’s a disconnect somewhere.” Mora on Friday (June 3).“We applied through FEMA to repair the spring source, and we needed a new line. We did have an engineer who finished designing the repair; then we needed funds to pay for it.
“We got water samples last week and it was fine, but we had to shut it down for two days a week ago and let it build up — so everyone was out of water for two days,” Martinez said.He spent weeks trying to get help from the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and the federal agency assigned to the fire for an interim solution, but he was unsuccessful.
“I screwed up,” he said.”I told them, ‘Are you really telling me you’re problem solvers, but you don’t have pumps all over New Mexico?’”
“We need at least 5,000 gallons of water a day into the tanks to meet the needs of the community,” he said. “They found a 3,000-gallon water truck in Mora, but the truck driver said it couldn’t pump water. From the truck 20 feet up into the storage tank.”
Meanwhile, Martinez reckons that once he fills the tank with the still-available trickle, Chacon may have enough water to last 24 hours.After that, “it could be on 24 hours and off 24 hours. We don’t know exactly how long it will take to do that,” he said.
Doug Dahl of the Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 2, currently assigned to the northern section of the wildfire, has been trying to find a water truck with the right pump for nearly two weeks.Martinez got a call Friday night: Dahl said a compliant truck had been parked in Salt Lake City and was on its way.
“It was supposed to be here at 8 pm this evening, but the truck broke down on its way here,” Martinez told the Taos News on Saturday (June 4), adding that his next move would be to ask elected state officials to request国民警卫队的水泵。
Fire Information Officer Michael Johnson confirmed to Taos News that Salt Lake City trucks — which he says are the only ones available in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah — are indeed banned , and said the “national dispatch to Boise, Idaho” will “expand its reach” to find available trucks outside of the country’s southwest.
“One problem is that it needs a pump that can be used for drinking water, and it needs to be powerful enough,” Johnson said.“A short-term solution to help deliver potable water to the area is hampered by a lack of available resources in the Southwest. Potable water tankers with pumps are able to provide the pressure needed to get the water into the tanks.” Ordered from Utah, but in A mechanical failure occurred on the way to the accident scene.We are working hard to find suitable replacements from other parts of the country.”
On Friday, the New Mexico Department of the Environment lifted water advisories for eight water systems in Mora County and one in San Miguel County, but Aguapura was not one of them.
The Department of Environment issued a preliminary “Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory” on May 12 due to the Calf Canyon–Hermits Peak fire resulting in a power outage or direct impact on drinking water operations.After the evacuation order was lifted, the state, in collaboration with the New Mexico Rural Water Association (NMRWA) and water system representatives, began field assessments of 16 water systems serving a total of approximately 4,150 people.
According to a June 3 press release from the New Mexico Department of Environment, in Holman, Cleveland, Mora, Ledoux and Guadalupeta, residents with water supplied by community water associations can safely drink, cook, shower and Bath water from the faucet.
As of Friday, water for about 2,000 people was provided by Pendaries MDWCA, Pendaries RV Resort, Camp Blue Haven, El Porvenir Christian Camp, Buena Vista MDWCA, Agua Negra MDWCA and Agua Pura MDWCA in Chacon., according to the Department of Environment.
“Customers of these public water systems should continue to use alternative drinking water sources to ensure the protection of public health,” a release from the environment department said.”Residents who need help accessing free safe drinking water can call the Fire Resource Line at 1-800-432-2080.”
Martinez said state and federal officials delivered a 40-foot trailer full of bottled water to Chacon so residents had enough to drink but didn’t have to wash themselves, clothes, dishes, etc. as often.He added that Agua Pura is not the only MDWCA in the fire area addressing water shortages.
“Before you got to Vegas, [NM] 518 in Buena Vista had one, and they had a problem,” Martinez said.”I’m not sure if it’s because of the fire, but I know they don’t have water.”
The environment department said in a press release last week that it “continues to coordinate closely with water system officials and NMRWA to assess the system as soon as possible for potential infrastructure damage that could affect water quality and safety.”
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Post time: Jun-06-2022