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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

$336,342,718

Department of the Interior·Bureau of Reclamation

to EASTERN NEW MEXICO WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY

environmentactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-05-12·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_R22AC00674_014
Award description

EASTERN NEW MEXICO RURAL WATER SYSTEM COMPLETION WILL PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FROM UTE RESERVOIR TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CLOVIS, ELIDA, PORTALES, TEXICO, ROOSEVELT COUNTY, AND CANNON AIR FORCE BASE WITH THE OGALLALA AQUIFER AS THE ONLY SOURCE OF POTABLE WATER FOR THE PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS RAPIDLY DECLINING IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY, THIS PROJECT WILL HELP RESOLVE A HUMAN HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

The latest obligation on a 2022 rural water system project delivering sustainable drinking water from Ute Reservoir to six New Mexico communities and Cannon Air Force Base.

Sub-sectors
water-infrastructuredrought-responserural-water-systems
Why this matters

Addresses critical aquifer depletion in the Ogallala region, securing potable water for municipalities and military operations facing rapid groundwater decline.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for water treatment equipment, pipeline infrastructure, and engineering services in rural New Mexico over the project's 2022–2030 timeline.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002976.

Period of performance
Start
2022-05-12
End
2030-06-30
Status
activein 1503 days
Sources

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