What We're Doing
Since 2009 the membership and Board of Directors of El Creston has been working on the slow, complicated design and funding process to build a community water system. Following are highlights of what we've done so far.
To alleviate immediate water concerns, El Creston set-up a water hauling service in 2010 Click Here for more information.
In 2010, the New Mexico Finance Authority authorized money to conduct a Preliminary Engineering Report which was completed in March 2011 by Sauder Miller Associates.
El Creston was awarded nearly $100,00 by the New Mexico Water Trust Board in 2012 to have a complete set of engineering plans completed
In June 2013, funding for Phase I was awarded by the New Mexico Water Trust Board, and construction begain July 2014.
Work was stopped on the well in January 2015 by the State Engineer requiring an updated Operations Plan to address how cross-flow water from the two water bearing encountered by our well will be prevented.
September 2015: Due to a stuck drill-bit, the well will have to be plugged, and a new well drilled.
September 2018: After several set-backs, including a protest to the transfer of water rights to El Creston, our system became operational and 7 homeowners have connected. Another 8 are on stand-by.