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When the legislative session ended in 2019, House Speaker Brian Egolf said, “The produced water bill, I think, is going to go down as one of the greatest environmental accomplishments

Millions in federal dollars are headed to 10 New Mexico communities to address lead and copper pipes in local water systems. State finance officials said other municipalities need to act soon and apply to receive what’s left of the $28.6 million New Mexico received in its portion of the $3 billion from the 2021 Bipartisan […] The post New Mexico efforts to catalog lead water lines off to ‘slow start’ as federal money flows in appeared first on Source New Mexico.

One week ahead of hearings that could lead to new state regulation on the reuse of treated toxic wastewater from oil and gas operations, environmental and frontline groups are gathering in opposition. The New Mexico Environment Department’s Water Protection Division wants to set regulations on new ways water is reused after it mixes with waste. […] The post State regulators to consider ‘produced water’ reuse rule next week appeared first on Source New Mexico.

The expert panel will spend a year reviewing the decades-old chromium plume and cleanup methods, and make written recommendations.

After repeated violations, the state has stepped in -- but the problems are a reminder that safe water is not available to all Americans

For 200 miles, the Wabash River forms the border between Illinois and Indiana as it meanders south to the Ohio River. On the Illinois side, lawmakers are scrambling to pass a bill that would protect wetlands from development and pollution, in order to safeguard water quality and limit flooding. But in Indiana, state policymakers hastily […] The post As feds stand down, states choose between wetlands protections or rollbacks appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.

A National Guard facility in Santa Fe found the toxin on site. Neighbors say they were never warned.

Across New Mexico there are about 300 neglected or abandoned industrial sites including dry cleaners, former automobile paint shops and closed metal plating shops that could be threatening groundwater and soil resources. SB 84 seeks to start addressing this problem by allocating $5 million to assess, remediate or reclaim these hundreds of locations. The Senate

The New Mexico Environment Department released a report by the Drinking Water Bureau on Friday on the systematic failures by management of the Camino Real Regio

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