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Navajo-Gallup water delay spurs problem solving in arid Southwest

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | May 11, 2021 Marjorie Childress/New Mexico In Depth People from throughout the region come into Gallup to haul water from the town’s water loading station. In July and August, about 2 million gallons are dispensed through the system. Early this year, five of Gallup, New Mexico’s 16 water wells stopped producing water, including two of its biggest. After a few days of maintenance, two worked. The other three were out of commission for more than a month. Had it happened in summer, the city might have asked residents to dramatically reduce use. “I’m not in crisis mode,” said Dennis Romero, Water and Sanitation Director for the City of Gallup, but “it could go to crisis mode very quickly.”

Navajo-Gallup Water Delay Spurs Problem Solving in Arid Southwest

Navajo-Gallup water delay spurs problem solving in arid Southwest People from throughout the region come into Gallup to haul water from the town’s water loading station. In July and August, about 2 million gallons are dispensed through the system. Photo: Marjorie Childress This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Columbia Insight, Ensia, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. It was made possible by a grant from The Water Desk, with support from Ensia and INN’s Amplify News Project.

New agreement marks step forward in delivering reliable drinking water to hundreds of thousands

By New Mexico Environment Department • 5 hours ago Credit imagebase.net A massive, $1 billion project to provide a safe and reliable source of drinking water throughout northwestern New Mexico and tribal nations is better positioned for coordinated implementation after tribal, state and federal partners recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The project, more than a decade in the making, will serve a quarter of a million people.   The Navajo Nation, New Mexico Environment Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently signed the MOU to support the success of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP), which will ultimately provide drinking water to an estimated 250,000 people based on population projections by 2040.  

New Agreement Marks Critical Step Forward In Delivering Reliable Drinking Water Throughout Northwestern New Mexico

NMED NEWS A massive, $1 billion project to provide a safe and reliable source of drinking water throughout northwestern New Mexico and tribal nations is better positioned for coordinated implementation after tribal, state and federal partners recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The project, more than a decade in the making, will serve a quarter of a million people.   The Navajo Nation, New Mexico Environment Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently signed the MOU to support the success of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP), which will ultimately provide drinking water to an estimated 250,000 people based on population projections by 2040.  

New alcohol, drug detox center opens in Gallup

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal A newly-opened detox center in Gallup is filling a gap in social services by offering voluntary social and medically monitored detoxification for alcohol and drug abuse. The Four Corners Detox Recovery Center has a 45-person capacity and is treating people who stay on average for five days. A longer term residential treatment program is expected to be added within three to six months, said Sylvia Barela, chief executive officer of parent nonprofit company Santa Fe Recovery. “Gallup continues to have the highest alcohol-related death rate per capita of any community in the state and nation,” she said. In general, New Mexico has one of the highest rates of substance abuse, she added.

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