Clear Danger: Water Quality in NM, Town Hall Meeting

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>> KATE: ALL OF IT'S WATER, BUT OUR STATE ALSO HAS WATER QUALITYI. IT? THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF WATER TONIGHT WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT -- I'M ROON CURRY, CABINET SECRETARY FOR THE NEW MEXICO MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE NEW SECOND FOR THE NEW MEXICO

HERRERA OF THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TOWN HALL, AND WE WANT YOU TO YOU CAN CALL WITH YOUR QUIS. KENW IN PORTALES AND KRWG IN LAS CRUCES TO LEARN ABOUT WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN THE STATE. PART OF THE STATE. IMPORTANT ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. SUGGEST THAT THE DAIRY'S MAY BE POLLUTING OUR WATER. COUNTERCLAIM IN LAS CRUCES.

NEW MEXICO THE BIG AREA IS EVERY YEAR. GROUNDWATER, HOW CAN WE AFFORD YOU CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE IT'S GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY GROUNDWATER. COUNTY, TWO NMSU RESEARCH GROUPS, ALL READY TO TALK ABOUT >> KATE: AWE THANK YOU FOR THE WORLD IN NUCLEAR RESEARCH NUCLEAR LEGACY IS A MIXED ONE. IN WAYS THAT WOULDN'T BE ESPECIALLY IF IT GETS INTO OUR WATER. MYTH HERE.

>> CURRY: WHEN YOU TALK WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED UP ON PAJARITO MESA. JUST THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE PROTECTION AGENCY TO LIST 7 LIST. DOE STREAMS -- DOE STREAMS -- STREAMS THAT ARE ON DOE PROPERTY ON THE LIST, HERE IN THERE ARE 181 IMPAIRED NEW MEXICO. THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO BECAUSE CERTAIN CONTAMINANTS WE MAY ACCOUNT LABS BE FORCED TO >> ARENDS: WE BELIEVE THESE

INDICATE THIS MUST BE THE FRONT TRITIUM, PERCHOLATE, HIGH EXPLOSIVES, AND THESE FAST ARE LEAKING. FROM THE LABS. PREPARED IS IT TO STEP UP TO HAS BEEN MONITORING THE FURTHER THAN THAT. THE USGS WAS THE PRIMARY TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA AND NOW IN PRESENT DAYTIME, WE HAVE FULLY INSTRUMENTED WATER SHEDS, WE HAVE MORE THAN 70 GAUGING STATIONS AND SAMPLING STATIONS IN ALL THE TRANSCRIBE TAKERS, THE CANYONS, SO WE'RE

MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM, AND ONCE PROJECT OR THROUGH OUR RISK REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. >> CURRY: IT'S IMPORTANT ESTABLISH A STRONG REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER THE DOE LABORATORIES, NOT ONLY IN THE GOOD CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENS. TALK ABOUT WATERS UP THERE, ANY THE LAST YEARS HAS HAD SEVERAL DEALT WITH THE FIRE OR SECURITY WEEKS AND MONTHS, BUT THE THING

TOMORROW, AND WE DON'T WISH BE 60 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL WITH IN NEW MEXICO. THE LABS? PODIUM AND ASK THAT, PLEASE. >>: I HAD A COUPLE P OF SHOWN THAT THE LANL IS THE POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS, GENERAL CONTAMINANTS. >> KATE: RON, WOULD YOU LIKE FROM THE LABORATORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL SOURCES, AND SOME ARE CAR SIN GENERALS, WHICH MEANS IF INGESTED INAPPROPRIATE QUANTITIES, THEY COULD CAUSE

LATER. PERCHOLATE, WHILE IT MAY HAVE PROPERTIES, IT MIMICS THYROID IMBALANCES. LEVELS. HEALTH PROTECTION, THAT THERE THE CONTAMINANTS, AND THE STEPS CAN BE TAKEN. DECISION WAS MADE TO NOT USE THAT WELL FOR DRINKING WATER, ALAMOS SYSTEM. IT. >> HERRERA: IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIMIT THE USE OF THE WELL, HOW DOES THAT ADDRESS THE

CLEAN AQUIFER, AND NOW WE HAVE WASTE FROM THE GROUND, IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING OTHER KINDS OF MOTIVES, RATHER THAN JUST WHAT IS THE LAB GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF PROTECTING THE GROUNDWATER THAT WE HAVE? >> NYLANDER: ONE OF THE OUTFALLS OF HE HAVE FLUENT TO THE SURFACE WATER AND THE PERMIT HAD 141 HE HAVE FLUENT OUTFALLS. PROGRAM OF OUTFALL REDUCTION

AND CHANGING OUR OPERATIONS. CALLER, DO YOU HAVE A OUR AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO COULD YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE. COULD YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM THAT CAN OCCUR, WHAT WE CAN DO QUESTION. SAMPLING THE WATER ALONG THE RIVER. LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY AND THROUGH THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THAT INCLUDES DISCHARGE OF FLUORIDES AND NITRATES, AND THE RADIO NUCLIDES AS WELL. SO. LOS ALAMOS AND SANDIA. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'D OF COMPLETING WITH CLEANUP BORDER FOR LOS ALAMOS. IT WILL HAVE SOME THAT WILL COME THROUGH THE NEXT BECAUSE IN THESE PERMITS THAT WE WILL BE GIVING TO THE LAB, PREESSENTIAL, IF YOU WILL.

THEM TO NOT ONLY LIMIT WHAT ALSO CALL FOR THEM TO START SECTION, RATHER THAN WAITING ALAMOS THAT GIVES US THE MOST CONCERN IS THAT NOBODY KNOWS AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED SANDIA SITE IS NOT NEARLY AS BUT IS STILL SIGNIFICANT. THE THINGS THE SANDIA SITE WE HAVE ALSO SIGNED A WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THOSEI, BUT WE'LL BE HAVING WILL ADDRESS THE SOLUTION FOR

REMEDIATING THAT SITE. SIR. ALBUQUERQUE AQUIFER AND THAT THE -- ANY PLUME OF RADIOACTIVE AND OTHER TOXIC MATERIAL EMANATING FROM LOS ALAMOS IS HEADING FOR THE RIO GRANDE, WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THE RISKS OF THE FUTURE OF THE ANSWER AS ANOTHER SOLUTION, RON CURRY. THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IN A SMALL WAY AND IT'S GETTING SAMPLE SHARING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET WHAT IS THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT BOTH LOS ALAMOS AND SANDIA HAVE NOT BEEN LIVING IN A

WE'RE KIND OF THE CUTTING EDGE THAT WE CAN GET TO THE POINT DEPEND ON WHAT WE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND FIND OUT, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM. A LOT OF WATER TONIGHT. BECOMING ONE OF THE LARGEST IN AND DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE THE FOR NEW MEXICO FARMERS AND PRODUCE WASTE THAT WILL AFFECT GROWTH IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, THEY'RE DEALING WITH THIS

JOINED WITH OUR PANEL OF BE TALKING TO IS PAUL AND HIS WIFE, YOU ARE BOTH PART OF WATER, CORRECT. -- DO YOU AGREE WITH EVERYTHING TOO MUCH ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND NOT ENOUGH ON THE OTHER >>: I WOULD HAVE FOCUSED ON WE REALIZE SEPTIC SYSTEMS PROBLEM. IT CAUSES A WOMAN TO HAVE THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO HAVE TWO IN LOSS WELL ARE 220 AND

BETTER. BELIEVE, MAY CONTRIBUTE TO POLLUTION. WE KNOW NITRATES DO CAUSE BLUE BABY. FROM LACK OF OXYGEN TO THE >> ABBY: WHAT KIND OF STUDY. PAUL AND CARRIE. WE HAVE JAY LAZARUS, I DON'T ONE TO MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME. PRODUCERS OF NEW MEXICO. WITH THE PROGRAM WE SAW. THAT THE PROGRAM WAS TRYING TO REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING

QUALITY, THE SPECIFIC TIMES THE PERMITTED CONS TRAITION IN NITRATE IN AS WAS STATED BEFORE, WE DO HOWEVER, OUR CURRENT GREEN WATER LA GOONGS HAVE CUT OFF SOURCES AND WE ARE IN THE CUTTING OFF THE SOURCES OF >> ABBY: YOU WOULD SAY IT'S >>: I WOULD SAY ANY WATER OLD, OUTDATED PRACTICES AND OUR NEW, MODERN DAY PRACTICES ARE OF NITRATES IN GROUNDWATER IN BEEN LINED, ACCORDING TO NEW

MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WE'RE SEEING THOSE WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO YOU SEE WITH DAIRIES POLLUTING WATER. LINED LAGOONS AND STUFF, AND LAND, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY WELL. PORTALES. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY HUGE IN STATE. WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE. SOUTH FROM LAS CRUCES, SOUTH TO WE WELCOME WHAT THEY

CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY, BUT ENTIRELY ON WELLS FOR DRINKING MORALES, FROM DONA ANA COUNTY. THAT'S THE COUNTY -- THAT'S WHERE THE DAIRY FARMS ARE >>: YES, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S 13 OF THEM HERE. TO START UP. >> GARY: WHAT REGULATIONS -- WHAT SURETY DOES THE COUNTY GET THAT THEY'RE NOT CAUSING >>: RIGHT NOW, GATHER, WE AND THEY HAVE CERTAIN DISCHARGE OUR CONCERN IS THE STONE WATER PROTECTION.

THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE, THE PAST FLOODING INCIDENT WE HAD, THE FLOOD WATERS WASHED A LOT THE RIVER IS A RECHARGE SYSTEM FOR OUR AQUIFERS. SO THOSE CON TAKE HIM -- WILL PROBABLY END UP IN THE HAVE SOME CONCERN. TO DR. M, WHO IS A HEALTH EXPERT WITH THE STATE DOWN HERE INCIDENT. AND IS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF SOME WORRY ABOUT? VARIETY OF REASONS, BECAUSE A AND THERE WAS DAIRIES TO. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD INVESTIGATE

PARTICULARLY THINGS THAT COULD PARASITES, SUCH AS A REPORTABLE CONDITION, BACTERIAL, INFECTIONS, AND VIRAL INFECTIONS, RELATED VIRUSES. >>: WELL, NO, WE CAN'T VADO AREA IS OUR FASTEST COMING IN. TEAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERS IN >> GARY: I'D LIKE TO MOVE MEXICO STATE'S WATER RESOURCE

RESOURCES TO REALLY MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MORE, MORE DATA, MORE INFORMATION, BETTER SOME CONCERNS? >> GARY: HOW REASSURING IS FAST GROWING AREA, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR OWN TESTED. YES, THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS THE DAIRIES ARE HERE, AND THE DAIRY FARMERS NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP AN EYE ON PROBLEMS.

QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, LYNDA TAYLOR, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. IMPORTANT ECONOMIC GENERATOR, >>: I THINK IT'S AGREED ARE A PROBLEM AND A SUBSTANTIAL GOVERNOR RICHARDSON IN MARCH ISSUES THAT WERE AFFECTING WANTED US TO ADDRESS. WORKING, SUSTAINABLE WE ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT BE USED AS A RESOURCE, IF YOU WILL, TO PRODUCE PRODUCTS, AT

THE SAME TIME CONTRIBUTING TO JUST PROTECTING, BUT ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT. PHASE, SO I WAS KIND OF HOPING WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO BE RISK, PARTICULARLY WITH THE DO WE WANT TO HAVE PIG WASTE OR CATTLE WASTE. AND CONVERT IT INTO A NUTRIENT. THERE IS WAYS YOU CAN TAKE FARMING AND CROP FARMING. SOURCE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU IN THE END, YOU HAVE NO EMISSIONS, NO WASTE, SO YOU INTO A VALUE ADDED PRODUCT. SO MANY COWS IN AND YOU'RE NOT

THE GROUNDWATER. PROTECTOR OF THE STATE'S GROUNDWATER. SHOULD THE STATE BE WE GET IT UNDER CONTROL. TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC MATTER WHAT IT IS, THOSE THEY WANT TO BE ENFORCED, THEY EFFECT. WANT A STRONG AGENCY TO DEAL IN PLACE TO DO IT WITH THE COOPERATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT IN MEMBER WITH A QUESTION. ONE WAS THE XITSING NITRATE PLUME. OF YEARS, WORKED ALONG DAIRY ROW. THE GROUNDWATER THERE IS SUPPLY WELLS ARE PUMPING AT A THE EXISTING NITRATE PLUMES AND HOW THOSE WILL BE CLEANED UP. >> KATE: WOULD YOU HELP US >> WATCHMAN: I THINK YOU NOW, IN ABSENCE OF THE DATA, IS BEST PRACTICES, AND CONTROLLING CONTAMINATION IN THE

ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND MORE FUNDING TO FIND THOSE THINK WE CAN FIND SOME TECHNOLOGY. IN LAS CRUCES, AT LEAST RKS WITH, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS MINORITY POPULATIONS. WHEN I WAS WORKING THERE, SWAMP COOLERS BECAUSE OF THE OF THE FLIES. ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND THE ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. ABOUT THE DUST THAT WAS CREATED QUITE A BIT WHEN THEY'RE DOING

>> WATCHMAN: I DO KNOW OUR BUREAUS THAT DEAL WITH DAIRIES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO CONTROL THE DEPARTMENT COOPERATES WITH THE LOCAL DECISION-MAKERS. TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT BUFFER ISSUES, AND I DON'T THINK THE THIS POINT, BUT I THINK THAT IF WE IMPLEMENT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, YOU CAN REDUCE A LOT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW. ESPANOLA SUPERFUND SITE, WHERE SEEPING INTO THE CITIES SUPERFUND SITES IN THE NEW

CHEMICAL DUMPING IN NATION THE. THAT CAN CONTAMINATE OUR >>: MEMBERS OF THE PANEL, NOTICEABLY ABSENT WERE SOME POLLUTERS, SOLID WASTE, LANDFILLS, MINES, HIGH TECH ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, THE KIND RECRUIT TO THE STATE. THE LAST FEW YEARS, PRESIDENT THAT BENEFITS THE WEALTHIEST THAT'S CREATING BUDGET COUNTRY. WHICH CUTS NEARLY IN HALF THE

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME >> KATE: YOUR QUESTION ON LACK OF RESOURCES, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO COME IN 2007, $359 MILLION OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND. IS THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, HOW SERIOUS IS HE >> KATE: RON CURRY, STEP UP SPONSORED LEGISLATION, HOUSE SIDE BY PATRICIA LUNDSTROM, AND A SENATOR FROM SILVER CITY. AGENCY IS FULLY FUNDED, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, AND IT'S

MORE WISELY FROM THE CORRECTIVE BE USED TO CLEAN UP UNDERGROUND CONTAMINATED TANK. WE'RE GOING TO PUT ABOUT 70 WRITERS, FIELD OPERATIONS WORKING WLT PEOPLE IN RURAL NEW THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT'S FULLY FUNDED. BUT WE'LL BE CONTINUALLY DEPARTMENT HASN'T BEEN IN THE MINES, LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING NUMBER 1, IS BEING FULLY FUNDED ENFORCEMENT.

IF HE WERE HERE, HE'D TELL THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AND ON THIS MONEY ISSUE. WE TALKING ABOUT. WOULD PROBABLY EXCEED WHAT OUR THE SUPERFUND SITES ARE PREDOMINANTLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL FRUIT AVENUE PLANT, HERE IN LOT DOWNTOWN WAS FUNDED. TO FIGHT TO GET THAT FUNDING. FEDERAL DOLLARS, AND THEY HAVE

BEEN CUT BY THE ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS CORRECT. NEW MEXICO AND ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, IS INCREASE OUR >> KATE: WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ORLANDO IN POJOAQUE EE, >> KATE: WE CAN HEAR YOU. NOD NUD FIRST I SHOULD TELL WATER ALIGNS, AND UNDER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, WE ARE INAUDIBLE VERY CLEAN, NOT CONTAMINATED, TO TAP ON TO THIS SYSTEM THAT'S SUPPOSED TO THE RIO GRANDE. DUMP THEIR SEWAGE INTO THE RIO GRANDE. THE PANELISTS TELL US THAT THIS

RIO GRANDE WATER IS BETTER THAN SETTLEMENT IN THE POJOAQUE EE AREA AREA. >>: I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A 40, 50 YEAR SEMINGTS ON WATER RIGHTS ISSUES, ALONG WITH THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE GROUNDWATER SYSTEM, GET THEM ON A REGIONAL SHAL OH IT'S SUBJECT TO POLLUTION FROM SEPTIC TANKS, SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN THAT AREA. PUEBLOS BECAUSE OF THEIR SENIOR WATER RIGHTS STATUS. CONNECTION TO THE SURFACE WATER I THINK -- I THINK THAT GETS

ASKED HERE ON THE GOVERNOR'S IS FOCUSING ON REGIONAL SAYINGS OF SYSTEMS, PAYING FOR THE TRUE COST OF WATER AND DEVELOPING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SERVING MORE SYSTEMS THAT'S TREATED, THE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS AND DRINKING WATER ESSENTIALLY ISSUE. HIS FINANCE COUNCIL IS LOOKING MAIN ISSUES IN THE STATE OF NEW REGIONALIZATION. AND WATER SUPPLY. AES HERRERA. YOU'VE WORKED FOR YEARS >> HERRERA: I WOULD BRING

SAN JOSE IN ALBUQUERQUE. WE HAVE THE SOUTH VALLEY, REMEDIATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE CREOSOTE, WHICH IS GOING TO THE COMMENTS THAT I'M HEARING, HEALTH EPIDEMIC. LABS. WERE CLOSED. ISSUES AND THERE IS SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY AND STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE, BUT IT >> KATE: I'M SORRY, BUT HOW AND THEIR HEALTH. 20 MONTHS ON A NATIONAL

SUPERFUND ONCE, JUST ONE TIME. DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS AND SPIRAL TREND AFFECTS AWFULLY US, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF HEALTH EFFECTS THAT DOESN'T EFFECT THE OTHER POPULATIONS. REGARDS TO BEING ACTIVE AND INVOLVED BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE AT THE LOWER SOCIAL ECONOMIC SO WE APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSPARENT. YES, CIRCUMSTANCE LA, RICK LA SUPERFUND, BUT THE TLARS AREN'T THOSE DEPLETING FUNDS ARE GONE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE

GROUPS, BUT THE ENFORCEMENT IS WORKED WITH US, SO I REALLY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, NEED TO BE STRONG IN OUR VOICE AND TO CONTACT OUR LEGISLATORS. >> KATE: THANK YOU FOR THAT. WITH THE INVESTIGATION FOR THE COST OF CLEANUP, VERSUS THE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY >> KATE: IT WOULD EXCEED THE >>> NEW MEXICO HAS MANY STATES, ONE OF THE HIGHEST WITH OFTEN GROUNDWATER

STANDARDS. OF THE PC CONTAMINATION IN ESPANOLA. REACHES THE RIO GRANDE. ALTERNATE OTHER DRINKING WHATEVER PANEL MEMBER YOU WANT, CLEAN-U TO A PRISTINE GROUNDWATER CONDITION, THE NEEDS WE HAVE AND THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. A LOT OF THE STATE'S HEALTH >> VOORHEES: I THINK ONCE I THINK IT'S A GOOTD ANALOGY STATE OF HEALTH THAN IF YOU ARE HEALTH BASED TO BEGIN WITH

AND ARE ENFORCED, SO THAT THE FIRST PLACE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT FOREVER. THERE'S NOT A TECHNOLOGY TO LITERALLY BE UPSTREAM, SO THE POLLUTION IS NOT PUT INTO THE RESOURCES, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I BALANCE ALL THE DIFFERENT NEEDS, SO IN MY PERSPECTIVE, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE SOME OF NEXT 30, 40, 50 YEARS? SITE, I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO THOUGHT IF IT WAS JUST LEFT

IT GRADUALLY SEEPED INTO THE THE EPA THAT WE WOULD TAKE A REMEDIATION, IF YOU WILL, TO MATTER IS THAT THE CLOSER YOU OF WATER, GROUNDWATER OR REQUIRE THE STATE INJECTING ITSELF INTO AREAS WHERE THE ADEQUATELY FUNDED, LIKE THE INCUMBENT ON THE STATE TO GET IN THERE AND KEEP THE ISSUE IN >> KATE: AGAIN, I'M GOING TO THERE'S A QUARTER MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF WASTEWATER. THE FACT IS SEPTIC TANKS PUT TOGETHER.

MEAN FROM THIS PROBLEM, BUT GATHER? COUNTY. THOUSAND SEPTIC TANKS BEING PUT IN IN JUST THIS COUNTY. WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING COLONIAS, HOME TO MANY PEOPLE, AND ONLY A PORTION OF THEM ARE TANKS AND PLENTY OF REASON TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER HANSON, WHO IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, ALSO DOES WORK WITH YOU DON'T SEE -- YOU'RE NOT

ALARMED BY THE HUGE NUMBER OF >>: SEPTIC TANKS ARE AN ARE WHERE WE'VE GOT HIGH DEVELOPMENTS, AND IN THOSE SEPTIC TANKS ARE INAPPROPRIATE. IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE WHERE WE HAVE SHALLOW FRACTURED BEDROCK, WE SHOULDN'T USE WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE A VERY TIGHT, AS-NEEDED BASIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. >>: INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS. SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD COUNTY. IS A SMRUTION WHERE YOU'VE GOT

LARGE CONCENTRATIONS AND AND I THINK WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE TO -- WE HAVE TO BE THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR THE SOLUTIONS. FROM LIQUID WASTE REGS IN THAT REWRITE, THERE'S A REALLY SAFE TO USE SEPTIC TANKS, WHEN TECHNOLOGIES, AND WHEN YOU >> GARY: SPEAKING ABOUT THE TO DR. G, WITH NMSU, WITH THE WASTEWATER CONSORTIUM. PROBLEM THAN PERHAPS OUR ADDRESSED REPEATEDLY THAT MAY

LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF GROWTH, BOTH IN THE CASES WHERE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED AND WHERE THE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE ARE AS A NATION, AS A REGION, I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST CONFRONTING THE ISSUE OF THAT WE CAN COME EXIST, HAVE THE JOBS, HAVE THE ECONOMIC BASIS TO GROW, AT THE SAME TIME HAVING THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD, IT IS ONE ENVIRONMENT, THEREFORE, WE LOOK AT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FIVE, 10 ARE COST-EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE,

THAT? EXAMPLE OF A VERY, VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTIES, THE CITIZEN GROUPS HAS DONE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF KEVIN BIKS BY, IF YOU'D MOVE OVER HERE, WITH THE SOUTHWEST TANKS, ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT >>: I AM CONCERNED. INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT THINK WE'RE REALLY -- THE QUALITY IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR AQUATIC EEK OWE SYSTEMS.

SYSTEMS FOR ALL KINDS OF SERVICES, ONE OF WHICH IS DO THAT IF WE HAD TO REPLICATE THE SERVICES. THE LIMITS OF THE NATURAL AWE AQUATIC EEK OWE SYSTEMS GO, THEY ARE NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE. FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS IN FLUNKED OUT OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL, WHEN WE REPLUMB THEM TO SERVE OUR NEEDS. SHAPE. OF OUR NATIVE FISH. THAT SORT OF GENERAL LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FACING, SEPTIC TANKS ARE A BIG PROBLEM

IN FACT, TRYING TO BUILD MORE PLANTS, FINDING THE MONEY IS SPEAK. ALBUQUERQUE. >>: AS A DOWNSTREAM IRRIGATOR, DOWNSTREAM FROM DECISION TO GRANT THE PERMIT TO DIVERT THE SAN JUAN CHAMA RIVER WATER TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR ALBUQUERQUE IS GOING TO BE USED THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND DOWN THE FLUENT, HALF OF WHICH WILL COME ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE DOUBLE, BUT YOU TAKE HALF, SO RIVER WATER TO GO THROUGH THE

OUT AT EFFLUENT, AND I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE BROUGHT BE HEALTH RISKS SUCH AS DRUG RESIDUES, CAFFEINE, AND OTHER IRRIGATOR AND FARMER, I WANT TO >> KATE: JOHN D'ANTONIO I >> D'ANTONIO: I WILL SAY THE ALBUQUERQUE PERMITS ARE A HISTORIC MOVE TO OUR SURFACE WATER, THE SAN JUAN THEIR GROUNDWATER FOR FUTURE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE DOUBLE NATIVE AND SAN JUAN CHAMA WATER AND HALF OF THAT GETS TURNED

BACK TO THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THROUGH THE TREATMENT PLANT, SYSTEM. STANDARD, WHICH THE CITY OF GROUNDWATER, ESPECIALLY FROM AND IT WOULD TAKE A -- IT'S A TO TAKE THE ARSENIC AND TREAT IS GOING TO ALLOW THE BLENDING THAT SUPPLY AND ACTUALLY SAVE THE CITIZENS OF NEW MEXICO A AND I AM CONCERNED -- I LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE, ALSO, I'M QUALITY ISSUES THAT MAYBE AFFECTS THE SUPPLY AND I -- I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME ISSUES HOW

TO THIS. >> ARENDS: I THINK THIS NEVER INCLUDE THE RISKS TO COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW DOSES OVER A LONG PERIOD OF COSTS TO THE AWE EQUATE I CAN LIFE. THOSE -- EVEN IF WE HAVE TO POINT WHERE WE'LL SAY, "IT'S CLEAN IT UP TODAY THAN TO LEAVE LAITIONS." >> VOORHEES: AGAIN, IT DEPENDS WHAT'S IN THE WATER, AND MOST TREATMENT SYSTEMS ARE

TO REMOVE PARASITES, VIRUSES. I THINK THOSE WORK PRETTY CONTAMINANTS, IT'S DIFFICULT. THE WATER, TO TRY TO GET THEM A LOT OF SYSTEMS ARE REALLY EVEN WITH THE ARSENIC STANDARD. PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES. OUT IN THE WASTE STREAM. QUESTION OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO THESE.... SEPTIC PROBLEM AND HOW HOW CAN I AS A PRIVATE WELL STATE DOING TO TRY TO GET THEIR

HANDS AROUND THE ISSUE IN TERMS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THE TESTED, EITHER THEIR WELL FOR FREE THROUGH THE NEW MEXICO WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD AND OR A WATER FAIR. ARE DRINKING WATER AND IT BUT IT'S FULL OF NITRATES OR NOT GOOD FOR YOU IN THE LONG AROUND THIS PROBLEM OVER ALL, D'ANTONIO YO SAID EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR HAS AN OVERALL WATER SO AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO

SYSTEMS IN LARGER CITIES, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE IS THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, THAT WITHIN PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THEY ARE THEY'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE 8,000 SEPTIC TANKS IN THE BERNALILLO COUNTY AREA. TOTAL SEPTIC TANKS POPULATION IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. FROM GETTING INTO THE WATER, IS WITH THE HIGH WATER TABLE, THAT HUNDREDS OF FEET, PERHAPS, TO >> CURRY: NO, IN FACT

DURING THE WASTEWATER REWRITE WE'LL BE TAKING TOOK THE VULNERABLE WATERS OF BODY FROM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'VE GOT AWAY, YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN A AREA, YOUR GROUNDWATER NEARLY AS GREAT AS IF YOUR HERE. >> WATCHMAN: ONE OF THE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO TALK AND PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT BE ENGAGING THE ENVIRONMENT OUTSIDE FUNDING, SEEKING TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND THAT

EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SOLUTIONS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR TONIGHT, OUR STATIONS KEEM, KRWG, OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND PHONE CALLERS. WE CAN ALL HELP TO IMPROVE. STAY INFORMED, BECOME INVOLVED, MAKE SURE YOUR SEPTIC NOT DUMPING MOTOR OIL ON THE DIRMENT DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AT WWW.NMENV.STATE.NM.U.S. OFF

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