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Water Maintenance and Treatment
Water Maintenance & Transmission
2021 Department Statistics. . .
WM&T is Responsible for the Maintenance and Repair of:
• Over 366 Miles of Water Main (2” up to 60”) • Approx. 2,098 Commercial Water Services • Approx. 17,645 Residential Water Services • Over 4,000 Main Line Water Valves
What’s New in 2021 in WM&T:
• Valve Exercise & Maintenance Program • Surplus Property Program • Repaired/Replaced 110 Priority Fire Hydrants • Listed by RFD as not working/inoperable • New Fire Hydrant Meter Rental Program • $446,726 in Replacement Equipment Purchases
811 Underground Locates:
• 3327 Cleared • 1278 Marked • 30 Other (Design, Conf., etc.)
Director of Administrative Services
Juan Fuentes
Utility Director
Lorenzo Sanchez
366 Miles of Water Main is our Responsibility
Main Break (Unfounded) Main Break Replace Mainline Valve Service Line - City Side Leak Service Line - Cust. Side Leak Service Line - Break Unfounded Meter Box Repair Hydrant Repair Priority Hydrant Repair New Service Abandoned Service Other - Misc 20 71 15 831 164 68 243 80 110 50 2 439
Replacement of Alameda Main from Main St. to Grand Ave.
In-house project to replace a problem 16” main. Water main was replaced with 12” C-900 pipe and all valves were replaced.
24” Transmission Line Emergency Repair
Mescalero & Kentucky Contractor: NM TapMaster Cost – $114,303
$298k revenue from Surplus Property Program
Water Conservation Plan
Required plan from the NM Office of the State Engineer. More to come this year.
Large Diameter Valve Replacement Project ITB-20-008
Contracted project to replace 19 large diameter valves within the system. Contractor: White Cloud Pipeline Cost – $1,545,004
Surplus Property Program. . .
• Generated a total of $298,331.77 in revenue. • Auctioned a total of 132 Items. • Received 1,417 bids.
