![]() Exactly $5.8 million has been secured in federal funding for three long-planned water infrastructure projects in New Mexico. The funding is coming out of the historic $1.7 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Agreement approved by members of Congress in late December and is seeing $3 million going to the East Pecos Mutual Domestic Water Consumer’s Association to connect homes to both sewer lines and centralized treatment. Some $1.5 million is slated for the Pueblo of Santo Domingo in the north central part of the state. Finally, $1.3 million has been approved for the construction of a new water well in the city of Gallup. Altogether, New Mexico is receiving $273 million in funding for nearly 150 projects of varying sizes and purposes. In a statement announcing the funding, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan said money coming out of Washington will “uplift New Mexico communities by restoring and maintaining our acequias, expanding access to affordable housing, modernizing transportation, creating opportunities for our kids and strengthening health care.” By Garry Boulard
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